The Columbia Companion To The Twentieth Century American Short Story

Author : Blanche H. Gelfant
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231504959

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The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story by Blanche H. Gelfant Pdf

Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 6613627844

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The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-century American Short Story by Anonim Pdf

The American short story has never been more popular - or more important - than it is today. With many lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary scholars in the United States, The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story offers readers a wealth of information and insight into the work of many of the finest short story writers in literary history. Part one of the book is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "The American Working-Class Short Story" or "Lesbian and Gay Short Stories". Part two contains pieces on individual writers and their work, including Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver and J.D. Salinger.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2311109871

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Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-century American Short Story by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alfred Bendixen,James Nagel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119685647

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A Companion to the American Short Story by Alfred Bendixen,James Nagel Pdf

Author : Douglas R. Barnes,R. F. Egford
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0174441703

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Twentieth Century Short Stories by Douglas R. Barnes,R. F. Egford Pdf

The stories in this impressive collection have been chosen for the challenge they offer the reader and the variety of language used.

Author : Erik Redling,Oliver Scheiding
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 55,8 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.

Author : Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 859 pages
File Size : 51,9 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."

Author : Michael J. Collins,Gavin Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781009292818

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The Cambridge Companion to the American Short Story by Michael J. Collins,Gavin Jones Pdf

Comprising new work by leading scholars, this book traces the history of American short fiction and provides original avenues for research.

Author : David Seed
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444310119

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A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction by David Seed Pdf

Through a wide-ranging series of essays and relevant readings, A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction presents an overview of American fiction published since the conclusion of the First World War. Features a wide-ranging series of essays by American, British, and European specialists in a variety of literary fields Written in an approachable and accessible style Covers both classic literary figures and contemporary novelists Provides extensive suggestions for further reading at the end of each essay

Author : Ernest Hemingway,William Faulkner
Publisher : Dell
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1954-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440378648

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Short Story Masterpieces by Ernest Hemingway,William Faulkner Pdf

Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matter, or tone: the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the literature of our time. A truly exceptional collection of great stories, including: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane The Horse Dealer’s Daughter by D. H. Lawrence Barn Burning by William Faulkner The Sojourner by Carson McCullers The Open Window by Saki Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter The Boarding House by James Joyce Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway The Tree of Knowledge by Henry James Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty . . . and twenty-five more of the century’s best stories!

Author : Keneth Kinnamon
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476609126

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Richard Wright by Keneth Kinnamon Pdf

African-American writer Richard Wright (1908–1960) was celebrated during the early 1940s for his searing autobiography (Black Boy) and fiction (Native Son). By 1947 he felt so unwelcome in his homeland that he exiled himself and his family in Paris. But his writings changed American culture forever, and today they are mainstays of literature and composition classes. He and his works are also the subjects of numerous critical essays and commentaries by contemporary writers. This volume presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography of those essays, books, and articles from 1983 through 2003. Arranged alphabetically by author within years are some 8,320 entries ranging from unpublished dissertations to book-length studies of African American literature and literary criticism. Also included as an appendix are addenda to the author’s earlier bibliography covering the years from 1934 through 1982. This is the exhaustive reference for serious students of Richard Wright and his critics.

Author : Matthew James Vechinski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000734010

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Twentieth-Century American Fiction in Circulation by Matthew James Vechinski Pdf

Twentieth-Century American Fiction in Circulation is a study of the twentieth-century linked story collection in the United States. It emphasizes how the fictional form grew out of an established publishing model—individual stories printed in magazines, revised and expanded into single-author volumes that resemble novels—which creates multiple contexts for the reception of this literature. By acknowledging the prior appearance of stories in periodicals, the book examines textual variants and the role of editorial emendation, drawing on archival records (drafts and correspondence) whenever possible. It also considers how the pages of magazines create a context for the reception of short stories that differs significantly from that of the single-author book. The chapters explore how short stories, appearing separately then linked together, excel at representing the discontinuity of modern American life; convey the multifaceted identity of a character across episodes; mimic the qualities of oral storytelling; and illustrate struggles of belonging within and across communities. The book explains the appearance and prevalence of these narrative strategies at particular cultural moments in the evolution of the American magazine, examining a range of periodicals such as The Masses, Saturday Evening Post, Partisan Review, Esquire, and Ladies’ Home Journal. The primary linked story collections studied are Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio (1919), William Faulkner’s The Unvanquished (1938), Mary McCarthy’s The Company She Keeps (1942), John Barth’s Lost in the Funhouse (1968), and Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club (1988).

Author : James Nagel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780470655412

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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

Author : Jean A. McConochie
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1975-01
Category : English language
ISBN : 002971270X

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Twentieth Century American Short Stories by Jean A. McConochie Pdf

Author : Guiyou Huang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313052880

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Asian American Short Story Writers by Guiyou Huang Pdf

Asian America has produced numerous short-story writers in the 20th century. Some emerged after World War II, yet most of these writers have flourished since 1980. The first reference of its kind, this volume includes alphabetically arranged entries for 49 nationally and internationally acclaimed Asian American writers of short fiction. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a survey of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. Writers include Frank Chin, Sui Sin Far, Shirely Geok-lin Lim, Toshio Mori, and Bharati Mukherjee. An introductory essay provides a close examination of the Asian American short story, and the volume closes with a list of works for further reading.