Bibliograph

Short stories for students, presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories, Matthew Derda, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden, Volume 37

Type

Label

Short stories for students, presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories, Matthew Derda, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden, Volume 37

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Short stories for students

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

842240075

Responsibility statement

Matthew Derda, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden

Series statement

Gale eBooks

Sub title

presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories

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

Table Of Contents

Dead men's path / Chinua Achebe -- The drummer boy of Shiloh / Ray Bradbury -- The egg / Sherwood Anderson -- The feather pillow / Horacio Quiroga -- Interpreter of maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri -- The jay / Yasunari Kawabata -- The long exile / Leo Tolstoy -- New African / Andrea Lee -- Night talkers / Edwidge Danticat -- Oliver's evolution / John Updike -- The possibility of evil / Shirley Jackson -- The princess and the tin box / James Thurber -- The shawl / Louise Erdrich -- Tuesday siesta / Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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