Research Catalog

Title

Short stories for students. Volume 6 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Tim Akers, project editor.

Publication

Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 1999.

Details

Additional Authors

Akers, Tim.

Description

1 online resource.

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.

Uniform Title

Short stories for students. Volume 6 (Online)

Subject

• James, Henry, 1843-1916
• Butler, Octavia E
• Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988
• Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
• Joyce, James, 1882-1941
• Wideman, John Edgar
• Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
• Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
• Barth, John, 1930-
• Lawrence, D. H., 1885-1930
• Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
• Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962
• Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
• Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880
• Hurston, Zora Neale
• Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-
• García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014
• Short story > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States
• Short story > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States
• Short story

Note

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

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Vol. 6: The beast in the jungle - Henry James -- Bloodchild - Octavia Butler -- Cathedral - Raymond Carver -- The Chrysanthemums - John Steinbeck -- The dead - James Joyce -- Fever - John Edgar Wideman -- A guide to Berlin - Vladimir Nabokov -- Hills like white elephants - Ernest Hemingway -- Lost in the funhouse - John Barth -- Odour of Chrysanthemums - D.H. Lawrence -- Pomegranate Seed - Edith Wharton -- The ring - Isak Dinesen -- A rose for Emily - William Faulkner -- A simple heart - Gustave Flaubert -- Spunk - Zora Neale Hurston -- Swimming Lessons - Rohinton Mistry -- A very old man with enormous wings - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

OCLC

ssj0000516131

Title

Short stories for students. Volume 6 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Tim Akers, project editor.

Imprint

Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 1999.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Original Version

Original: 368 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

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Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Akers, Tim.