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Handbook of the American Short Story

Author : Erik Redling,Oliver Scheiding
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110585322

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Handbook of the American Short Story by Erik Redling,Oliver Scheiding Pdf

The American short story has always been characterized by exciting aesthetic innovations and an immense range of topics. This handbook offers students and researchers a comprehensive introduction to the multifaceted genre with a special focus on recent developments due to the rise of new media. Part I provides systematic overviews of significant contexts ranging from historical-political backgrounds, short story theories developed by writers, print and digital culture, to current theoretical approaches and canon formation. Part II consists of 35 paired readings of representative short stories by eminent authors, charting major steps in the evolution of the American short story from its beginnings as an art form in the early nineteenth century up to the digital age. The handbook examines historically, methodologically, and theoretically the coming together of the enduring narrative practice of compression and concision in American literature. It offers fresh and original readings relevant to studying the American short story and shows how the genre performs American culture.

The American Short Story Handbook

Author : James Nagel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780470655429

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The American Short Story Handbook by James Nagel Pdf

This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin’s “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” in 1747 to “The Joy Luck Club”. Includes a selection of writers chosen not only for their contributions of individual stories but for bodies of work that advanced the boundaries of short fiction, including Washington Irving, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, Jamaica Kincaid, and Tim O’Brien Addresses the ways in which American oral storytelling and other narrative traditions were integral to the formation and flourishing of the short story genre Written in accessible and engaging prose for students at all levels by a renowned literary scholar to illuminate an important genre that has received short shrift in scholarly literature of the last century Includes a glossary defining the most common terms used in literary history and in critical discussions of fiction, and a bibliography of works for further study

The Oxford Book of American Short Stories

Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780199744398

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The Oxford Book of American Short Stories by Joyce Carol Oates Pdf

Presents a collection of fifty-nine familiar and unfamiliar stories by such writers as John Cheever, Ray Bradbury, Flannery O'Connor, Edmund White, and Richard Wright.

Handbook of the American Short Story

Author : Erik Redling,Oliver Scheiding
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110587647

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Handbook of the American Short Story by Erik Redling,Oliver Scheiding Pdf

The American short story has always been characterized by exciting aesthetic innovations and an immense range of topics. This handbook offers students and researchers a comprehensive introduction to the multifaceted genre with a special focus on recent developments due to the rise of new media. Part I provides systematic overviews of significant contexts ranging from historical-political backgrounds, short story theories developed by writers, print and digital culture, to current theoretical approaches and canon formation. Part II consists of 35 paired readings of representative short stories by eminent authors, charting major steps in the evolution of the American short story from its beginnings as an art form in the early nineteenth century up to the digital age. The handbook examines historically, methodologically, and theoretically the coming together of the enduring narrative practice of compression and concision in American literature. It offers fresh and original readings relevant to studying the American short story and shows how the genre performs American culture.

The Oxford Book of American Short Stories

Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0195092627

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The Oxford Book of American Short Stories by Joyce Carol Oates Pdf

This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.

The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories

Author : Ben Marcus
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307428134

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The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories by Ben Marcus Pdf

“In twenty-nine separate but ingenious ways, these stories seek permanent residence within a reader. They strive to become an emotional or intellectual cargo that might accompany us wherever, or however, we go. . . . If we are made by what we read, if language truly builds people into what they are, how they think, the depth with which they feel, then these stories are, to me, premium material for that construction project. You could build a civilization with them.” —Ben Marcus, from the Introduction Award-winning author of Notable American Women Ben Marcus brings us this engaging and comprehensive collection of short stories that explore the stylistic variety of the medium in America today. Sea Oak by George Saunders Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower Do Not Disturb by A.M. Homes The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender The Caretaker by Anthony Doerr The Old Dictionary by Lydia Davis The Father’s Blessing by Mary Caponegro The Life and Work of Alphonse Kauders by Aleksandar Hemon People Shouldn’t Have to be the Ones to Tell You by Gary Lutz Histories of the Undead by Kate Braverman When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine by Jhumpa Lahiri Down the Road by Stephen Dixon X Number of Possibilities by Joanna Scott Tiny, Smiling Daddy by Mary Gaitskill Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace The Sound Gun by Matthew Derby Short Talks by Anne Carson Field Events by Rick Bass Scarliotti and the Sinkhole by Padgett Powell

The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

Author : James Cochrane
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1982-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141959665

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The Penguin Book of American Short Stories by James Cochrane Pdf

Introducing twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over two hundred years of history. 'American literature and the short story might be said to have come of age at about the same time, and this, along with something in the bustling and energetic American temperament, might go some way towards explaining why the two go together as well as they do.' Twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over the last two hundred years provide a mesmerizing, multi-faceted portrait of a country, a people and the unique literature produced by this most exuberant of nations. Featuring short stories from classic American authors including Mark Twain, Katherine Anne Porter, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and many more.

The Best American Short Stories 2021

Author : Jesmyn Ward,Heidi Pitlor
Publisher : Best American Series (R)
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781328485380

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The Best American Short Stories 2021 by Jesmyn Ward,Heidi Pitlor Pdf

A collection of the year's best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor JesmynWard says that the best fiction offers the reader a "sense of repair."The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King's final days to a surreal video game set in the Middle East, with real consequences, to an indigenous boy's gripping escape from his captors, this collection renders profoundly empathetic depictions of the variety of human experience. These stories are poignant reminders of the possibilities of fiction: as you sink into world after world, become character after character, as Ward writes, you"forget yourself, and then, upon surfacing, know yourself and others anew. The Best American Short Stories 2021 includes GABRIEL BUMP - BRANDON HOBSON - DAVID MEANS- JANE PEK - TRACEY ROSE PEYTON - GEORGE SAUNDERS - BRYAN WASHINGTON - KEVIN WILSON - C PAM ZHANG and others

The Granta Book of the American Short Story

Author : Richard Ford
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1862071098

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The Granta Book of the American Short Story by Richard Ford Pdf

From the author of "Independence Day", Richard Ford edits and introduces this anthology for "Granta" which has become the most cited and authoritative collection of short stories on both sides of the Atlantic. Ford in his introduction discusses, among other things, the comment of Frank O'Connor that the short-story is handled so cleverly by Americans that it is our national art form.

The Drama of the American Short Story, 1800-1865

Author : Michael J. Collins
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780472130030

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The Drama of the American Short Story, 1800-1865 by Michael J. Collins Pdf

A new history of the origins of the American short story and its relationship to theatrical performance culture

The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories

Author : Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780195130850

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The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria Pdf

This collection brings together 53 stories that span the history of Latin American literature and represent the most dazzling achievements in the form. It covers the entire history of Latin American short fiction, from the colonial period to present.

The New Granta Book of the American Short Story

Author : Richard Ford
Publisher : Grove Press, Granta
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015073893789

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The New Granta Book of the American Short Story by Richard Ford Pdf

This collection features stories from over 40 writers including Sherman Alexie, Junot Diaz, Deborah Eisenberg, Nell Freudenberger, Matthew Klam, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Z.Z. Packer."

Anthology of the American Short Story

Author : James Nagel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0618732209

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Anthology of the American Short Story by James Nagel Pdf

The stories collected in this book range from 1747 to 2005. They are listed chronologically to present the development of the art of the genre and the flow of ideas and themes that emerged over two centuries, and they are organized into five historical sections reflecting major cultural transitions that changed literary interests.-Pref.

The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories

Author : Tobias Wolff
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1994-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780679745136

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The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories by Tobias Wolff Pdf

Variously funny, frightening, poignant, and exhilarating, these collected stories displays the best American writers at the peak of their powers and the national narrative at its most eloquent, truthful, and inventive. The thirty-three stories in this volume prove that American short fiction maybe be our most distinctive national art form. As selected and introduced by Tobias Wolff, they also make up an alternate map of the United States that represents not just geography but narrative traditions, cultural heritage, and divergent approaches. Contributors and stories include: Mary Gaitskill, "A Romantic Weekend"; Andre Dubus, "The Fat Girl"; Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried"; Raymond Carver, "Cathedral"; Joyce Carol Oates, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"; Mona Simpson, "Lawns"; Ann Beattie, "A Vintage Thunderbird"; Jamaica Kincaid, "Girl"; Stuart Dybek, "Chopin in Water"; Ron Hansen, "Wickedness"; Denis Johnson, "Emergency"; Edward P. Jones, "The First Day"; John L'Heureux, "Departures"; Ralph Lombreglia, "Men Under Water"; Robert Olmstead, "Cody's Story"; Jayne Anne Phillips, "Home"; Susan Power, "Moonwalk"; Amy Tan, "Rules of the Game"; Stephanie Vaughn, "Dog Heaven"; Joy Williams, "Train"; Dorothy Allison, "River of Names"; Richard Bausch, "All The Way in Flagstaff, Arizona"; and more.

Companion to Literature

Author : Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 859 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9781438127439

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Companion to Literature by Abby H. P. Werlock Pdf

Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."