Description |
1 online resource (xix, 327 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
Series |
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 |
The canal / Richard Yates -- The English pupil / Andrea Barrett -- Fish / Jill McCorkle -- The good doctor / Adam Haslett -- Great day / David Malouf -- Immortality / Yiyun Li -- Last courtesies / Ella Leffland -- Meeting Mrinal / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Melon / Julian Barnes -- The middleman / Bharati Mukherjee -- The necessary grace to fall / Gina Ochsner -- Paris 1991 / Kate Walbert -- Someone to talk to / Deborah Eisenberg -- What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence / John Edgar Wideman. |
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 |
Yates, Richard, 1926-1992.tCanal.
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Barrett, Andrea. English pupil.
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McCorkle, Jill, 1958- Fish.
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Haslett, Adam. Good doctor.
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Malouf, David, 1934- Great day.
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Li, Yiyun, 1972- Immortality.
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Leffland, Ella. Last courtesies.
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Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956- Meeting Mrinal.
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Barnes, Julian. Melon.
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Mukherjee, Bharati. Middleman.
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Ochsner, Gina, 1970- Necessary grace to fall.
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Walbert, Kate, 1961- Paris 1991.
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Eisenberg, Deborah. Someone to talk to.
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Wideman, John Edgar. What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.
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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 24. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2007 9780787670320 |
ISBN |
9781414410647 (electronic book) |
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1414410646 (electronic book) |
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9780787670320 |
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0787670324 |
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