| Description |
1 online resource (420 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. 3: A & P / John Updike -- Axolotl / Julio Cortazar -- Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street / Herman Melville -- A conversation with my father / Grace Paley -- The door in the wall / H. G. Wells -- Flight / John Steinbeck -- In the penal colony / Franz Kafka -- The Japanese quince / John Galsworthy -- A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell -- The lady, or the tiger? / Frank R. Stockton -- The man who lived underground / Richard Wright -- On discovery / Maxine Hong Kingston -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- Rape fantasies / Margaret Atwood -- Robert Kennedy saved from drowning / Donald Barthelme -- The shawl / Cynthia Ozick -- Shiloh / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Sorrow-Acre / Isak Dinesen -- Vengeful creditor / Chinua Achebe -- Where I'm calling from / Raymond Carver -- Woman Hollering Creek / Sandra Cisneros. |
| 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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Updike, John. A & P.
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Cortazar, Julio. Axolotl.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street.
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Paley, Grace. Conversation with my father.
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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Door in the wall.
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Steinbeck, John , 1902-1968. Flight.
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Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. In the penal colony.
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Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933. Japanese quince.
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Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948. Jury of her peers.
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Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902. Lady, or the tiger?
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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Man who lived underground.
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Kingston, Maxine Hong. On discovery.
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Harte, Bret, 1836-1902. Outcasts of Poker Flat.
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Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Rape fantasies.
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Barthelme, Donald. Robert Kennedy saved from drowning.
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Ozick, Cynthia. Shawl.
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Mason, Bobbie Ann. Shiloh.
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Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Sorrow-Acre.
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Achebe, Chinua. Vengeful creditor.
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Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Where I'm calling from.
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Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek.
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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 |
Wilson, Kathleen, 1968- editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 3. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, 1998 9780787622183 |
| ISBN |
9781414428147 (electronic book) |
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1414428146 (electronic book) |
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9780787622183 |
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0787622184 |
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