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Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories

Title: Short stories for students. Volume 20 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler, project editors.
Publication: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005.

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1 online resource (xviii, 318 p.) : ill., photos.

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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Gale virtual reference library

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Short stories for students. Volume 20 (Online)

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"ISSN 1092-7735."
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, criticism, sources, and further reading.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Contents

Babette's feast / Isak Dinesen -- The big black good man / Richard Wright -- Christmas not just once a year / Heinrich Boll -- A great day / Frank Sargeson -- Imagined scenes / Ann Beattie -- In the shadow of war / Ben Okri -- The long-distance runner / Grace Paley -- Private lies / Bobbie Ann Mason -- The pursuer / Julio Cortazar -- Saint Emmanuel the good, martyr / Miguel de Unamuno -- The sniper / Liam O'Flaherty -- The sun, the moon, the stars / Junot Diaz -- To room nineteen / Doris Lessing -- The veldt / Ray Bradbury.

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ssj0000081165

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Short stories for students. Volume 20 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler, project editors.

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