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

Title
Short stories for students. Volume 8 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Ira Mark Milne, project editor.
Publication
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2000.

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Additional Authors
Milne, Ira Mark
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 8 (Online)
Subject
  • Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
  • Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980
  • Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923
  • Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
  • Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
  • Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
  • Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
  • Eliot, George, 1819-1880
  • Malamud, Bernard
  • Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948-
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
  • Merimee, Prosper, 1803-1870
  • Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
  • Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins, 1852-1930
  • Gardner, John, 1933-1982
  • Mason, Bobbie Ann
  • Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973
  • 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. 8: Blackberry winter - Robert Penn Warren -- Flowering Judas - Katherine Anne Porter -- The garden party - Katherine Mansfield -- The grand inquisitor - Fyodor Dostoevsky -- How I contemplated the world . . . - Joyce Carol Oates -- In another country - Ernest Hemingway -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving -- The lifted veil - George Eliot -- The magic barrel - Bernard Malamud -- The man to send rainclouds - Leslie Marmon Silko -- The masque of the red death - Edgar Allan Poe -- Mateo Falcone - Prosper Merimee -- Mrs. Bathurst - Rudyard Kipling -- A New England nun - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Redemption - John Gardner -- Residents and transients - Bobbie Ann Mason -- Silent snow, secret snow - Conrad Aiken.
OCLC
ssj0000516133
Title
Short stories for students. Volume 8 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Ira Mark Milne, project editor.
Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2000.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Original Version
Original: 387 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Milne, Ira Mark.
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