| Description |
1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
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"ISSN 1092-7735." |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Vol. 10: Bliss / Katherine Mansfield -- The catbird seat / James Thurber -- Death in the woods / Sherwood Anderson -- Everything that rises must converge / Flannery O'Connor -- The fat girl / Andre Dubus -- La Grande Breteche / Honore de Balzac -- The hitchhiking game / Milan Kundera -- Jeeves takes charge / Pelham Grenville Wodehouse -- Lullaby / Leslie Marmon Silko -- My first goose / Isaac Babel -- The news from Ireland / William Trevor -- Wandering Willie's Tale / Sir Walter Scott -- The way we live now / Susan Sontag -- The white horses of Vienna / Kay Boyle -- Why I live at the P.O. / Eudora Welty. |
| Summary |
Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
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Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Bliss.
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Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Catbird seat.
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Anderson, Sherwood , 1876-1941. Death in the woods.
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O'Connor, Flannery. Everything that rises must converge.
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Dubus, Andre, 1936-1999. Fat girl.
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Balzac, Honore de, 1799-1850. Grande Breteche.
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Kundera, Milan. Hitchhiking game.
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Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975. Jeeves takes charge.
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Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948- Lullaby.
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Babel, I. (Isaak), 1894-1941. My first goose.
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Trevor, William, 1928- News from Ireland.
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Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Wandering Willie's Tale.
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Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. Way we live now.
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Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992. White horses of Vienna.
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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Why I live at the P.O.
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Short story.
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| Added Author |
Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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LaBlanc, Michael L., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 10. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2000 9780787636104 |
| ISBN |
9781414428215 (electronic book) |
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1414428219 (electronic book) |
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9780787636104 |
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078763610X |
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