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

Title
Short stories for students. Volume 12 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Jennifer Smith, project editor.
Publication
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2001.

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Smith, Jennifer.
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 12 (Online)
Subject
  • Wideman, John Edgar
  • Lessing, Doris, 1919-
  • Carter, Angela, 1940-1992
  • Calvino, Italo
  • Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970
  • Roth, Philip
  • Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
  • Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
  • Bellow, Saul
  • Bambara, Toni Cade
  • Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924
  • Ozick, Cynthia
  • Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991
  • Sayers, Dorothy L. 1893-1957
  • Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
  • Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988
  • 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."
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Contents
Vol. 12: The beginning of Homewood - John Edgar Wideman -- Debbie and Julie - Doris Lessing -- The Erlking - Angela Carter -- The feathered ogre - Italo Calvino -- Fountains in the rain - Yukio Mishima -- Goodbye, Columbus - Philip Roth -- Heart of darkness - Joseph Conrad -- Kew Gardens - Virginia Woolf -- Leaving the yellow house - Saul Bellow -- The lesson - Toni Cade Bambara -- The metamorphosis - Franz Kafka -- The pagan rabbi - Cynthia Ozick -- The Spinoza of Market Street - Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Suspicion - Dorothy L. Sayers -- That evening sun - William Faulkner -- What we talk about when we talk about love - Raymond Carver.
OCLC
ssj0000516139
Title
Short stories for students. Volume 12 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Jennifer Smith, project editor.
Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2001.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Original Version
Original: 340 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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Added Author
Smith, Jennifer.
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