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1 online resource (417 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. |
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Vol. 5: Barn burning / William Faulkner -- Big blonde / Dorothy Parker -- Blood-burning moon / Jean Toomer -- Boys and girls / Alice Munro -- The death of Ivan Ilych / Leo Tolstoy -- The demon lover / Elizabeth Bowen -- Guests of the nation / Frank O'Connor -- Han's crime / Shiga Naoya -- Harrison Bergeron / Kurt Vonnegut -- A horse and two goats / R.K. Narayan -- The lady with the pet dog / Anton Chekhov -- Melanctha / Gertrude Stein -- Recitatif / Toni Morrison -- The sky is gray / Ernest J. Gaines -- Snapshots of a wedding / Bessie Head -- Swaddling clothes / Yukio Mishima -- The things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- What I have been doing lately / Jamaica Kincaid -- The wave / Liam O'Flaherty -- Wunderkind / Carson McCullers. |
| 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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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Barn burning.
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Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. Big blonde.
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Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967. Blood-burning moon.
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Munro, Alice, 1931- Boys and girls.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Death of Ivan Ilych.
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Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973. Demon lover.
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O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966. Guests of the nation.
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Shiga, Naoya, 1883-1971. Han's crime.
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Vonnegut, Kurt. Harrison Bergeron.
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Narayan, R. K., 1906-2001. Horse and two goats.
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Lady with the pet dog.
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. Melanctha.
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Morrison, Toni. Recitatif.
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Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Sky is gray.
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Head, Bessie, 1937-1986. Snapshots of a wedding.
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Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970. Swaddling clothes.
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O'Brien, Tim, 1946- Things they carried.
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Kincaid, Jamaica. What I have been doing lately.
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O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984. Wave.
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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Wunderkind.
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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 |
Akers, Tim, editor.
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Moore, Jerry (Gerald Eugene), editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 5. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 1999 9780787622206 |
| ISBN |
9781414428161 (electronic book) |
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1414428162 (electronic book) |
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9780787622206 |
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0787622206 |
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