| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 313 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, and criticism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Brokeback mountain / Annie Proulx -- The centaur / Jose Saramago -- The deep / Mary Swan -- Elbow room / James Alan McPherson -- The elephant vanishes / Haruki Murakami -- Holiday / Katherine Anne Porter -- Hot ice / Stuart Dybek -- In the middle of the fields / Mary Lavin -- Marry the one who gets there first / Heidi Julavits -- Proper library / Carolyn Ferrell -- The pugilist at rest / Thom Jones -- The scarlet ibis / James Hurst -- A small, good thing / Raymond Carver -- The smoothest way is full of stones / Julie Orringer. |
| 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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Proulx, Annie. Brokeback mountain.
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Saramago, José. Centaur.
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Swan, Mary, 1953- Deep.
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McPherson, James Alan, 1943- Elbow room.
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Murakami, Haruki, 1949- Elephant vanishes.
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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Holiday.
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Dybek, Stuart, 1942- Hot ice.
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Lavin, Mary, 1912-1996. In the middle of the fields.
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Julavits, Heidi. Marry the one who gets there first.
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Ferrell, Carolyn. Proper library.
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Jones, Thom. Pugilist at rest.
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Hurst, James. Scarlet ibis.
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Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Small, good thing.
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Orringer, Julie. Smoothest way is full of stones.
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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 |
Hacht, Anne Marie, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 23. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2006 9780787670313 |
| ISBN |
9781414410630 (electronic book) |
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1414410638 (electronic book) |
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9780787670313 |
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0787670316 |
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