| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 352 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1092-7735." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
The blue hotel / Stephen Crane -- The country of the blind / H.G. Wells -- First confession / Frank O'Connor -- Good country people / Flannery O'Connor -- Greasy lake / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- An hour with Abuelo / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Impulse / Conrad Aiken -- The lucky stone / Lucille Clifton -- The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- The night face up / Julio Cortazar -- The rain came / Grace Ogot -- Wasps' nest / Agatha Christie -- The white umbrella / Gish Jen -- The widow and the parrot : a true story / Virginia Woolf. |
| 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 |
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 |
Constantakis, Sara, editor.
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Barden, Thomas E., writer of foreword.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for student, Volume 34. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2012 9781414485836 |
| ISBN |
9781414482347 (electronic book) |
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1414482345 (electronic book) |
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9781414485836 |
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1414485832 |
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