| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 315 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1092-7735." |
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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, criticism, sources, and further reading. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
All the years of her life / Morley Callaghan -- A circle in the fire / Flannery O'Connor -- The curing woman / Alejandro Morales -- Eveline / James Joyce -- Immigration blues / Bienvenido Santos -- Long distance / Jane Smiley -- Meneseteung / Alice Munro -- The night the ghost got in / James Thurber -- The slump / John Updike -- Sweat / Zora Neale Hurston -- A temporary matter / Jhumpa Lahiri -- The ultimate safari / Nadine Gordimer -- The underground gardens / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- You're ugly, too / Lorrie Moore. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Callaghan, Morley, 1903-1990.
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O'Connor, Flannery.
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Morales, Alejandro, 1944-
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
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Santos, Bienvenido N.
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Smiley, Jane.
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Munro, Alice, 1931-
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Thurber, James, 1894-1961.
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Updike, John.
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Hurston, Zora Neale.
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Lahiri, Jhumpa.
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Gordimer, Nadine.
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Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
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Moore, Lorrie.
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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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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 19. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2004 9780787642716 |
| ISBN |
9780787693374 (electronic book) |
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0787693375 (electronic book) |
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9780787642716 |
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0787642711 |
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