Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
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." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Vol. 15: African passions / Beatriz Rivera -- America and I / Anzia Yezierska -- Bright and morning star / Richard Wright -- Dante and the lobster / Samuel Beckett -- The dog of Tithwal / Saadat Hasan Manto -- The green leaves / Grace Ogot -- The harvest / Tomas Rivera -- How to tell a true war story / Tim O'Brien -- I have no mouth, and I must scream / Harlan Ellison -- The interlopers / Saki -- The replacement / Alain Robbe-Grillet -- That in Aleppo once . . . / Vladimir Nabokov -- To Da-duh, in memoriam / Paule Marshall -- Winter dreams / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The wives of the dead / Nathaniel Hawthorne. |
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 |
Rivera, Beatriz, 1957- African passions.
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Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970. America and I.
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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Bright and morning star.
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Dante and the lobster.
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Manṭo, Sa'ādat Ḥasan, 1912-1955. Dog of Tithwal.
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Ogot, Grace, 1930- Green leaves.
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Rivera, Tomas, 1935- Harvest.
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O'Brien, Tim, 1946- How to tell a true war story.
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Ellison, Harlan. I have no mouth, and I must scream.
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Saki, 1870-1916. Interlopers.
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Robbe-Grillet, Alain, 1922-2008. Replacement.
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. That in Aleppo once.
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Marshall, Paule, 1929- To Da-duh, in memoriam.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Winter dreams.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Wives of the dead.
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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 |
Ullmann, Carol, editor.
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Gale Group.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 15. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2002 9780787642679 |
ISBN |
9781414428260 (electronic book) |
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141442826X (electronic book) |
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9780787642679 |
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0787642673 |
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