Author : Jerome Beaty
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 759 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393968316
The Norton Introduction to the Short Novel by Jerome Beaty Pdf
The fifteen works collected in The Norton Introduction to the ShortNovel, Third Edition, represent a wide range of periods andinternational voices. Designed with the undergraduate in mind, theanthology includes a helpful introduction by Professor Beaty thatdefines the short novel in contrast to the short story and the longernovel and explores the formal and thematic corollaries of thisparticular literary form. Additionally, a short biographical headnoteprecedes each selection to prepare the reader to experience,appreciate, and understand the works as fully as possible during afirst reading. A brief critical afterword follows each novel.