Short stories for students. Volume 45 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Kristin B. Mallegg, project editor.| [Gale electronic resource]
Publication Info.
Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, Cengage Learning, [2017]
The children's story / James Clavell -- Defeat / Kay Boyle -- Greenleaf / Flannery O'Connor -- The house behind a weeping cherry / Ha Jin -- Just before the war with the eskimos / J.d. Salinger -- Kindred spirits / Alice Walker -- The man in the black suit / Stephen King -- María Concepción / Katherine Anne Porter -- Novel of the black seal / Arthur Machen -- Orbiting / Bharati Mukherjee -- The signalman / Charles Dickens -- The streak / Walter Dean Myers -- Where the gods fly / Jean Kwok -- The world's greatest fishermen / Louise Erdrich.
Summary
Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance.