| Description |
1 online resource (340 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. 12: The beginning of Homewood / John Edgar Wideman -- Debbie and Julie / Doris Lessing -- The Erlking / Angela Carter -- The feathered ogre / Italo Calvino -- Fountains in the rain / Yukio Mishima -- Goodbye, Columbus / Philip Roth -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- Kew Gardens / Virginia Woolf -- Leaving the yellow house / Saul Bellow -- The lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- The metamorphosis / Franz Kafka -- The pagan rabbi / Cynthia Ozick -- The Spinoza of Market Street / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Suspicion / Dorothy L. Sayers -- That evening sun / William Faulkner -- What we talk about when we talk about love / Raymond Carver. |
| 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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Wideman, John Edgar. Beginning of Homewood.
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Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Debbie and Julie.
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Carter, Angela, 1940-1992. Erlking.
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Calvino, Italo. Feathered ogre.
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Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970. Fountains in the rain.
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Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus.
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.
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Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Kew Gardens.
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Bellow, Saul. Leaving the yellow house.
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Bambara, Toni Cade. Lesson.
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Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. Metamorphosis.
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Ozick, Cynthia. Pagan rabbi.
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Spinoza of Market Street.
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Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957. Suspicion.
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. That evening sun.
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Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. What we talk about when we talk about love.
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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 |
Smith, Jennifer, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 12. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2001 9780787642648 |
| ISBN |
9781414428239 (electronic book) |
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1414428235 (electronic book) |
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9780787642648 |
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0787642649 |
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