Description |
1 online resource (xix, 313 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits |
Series |
Gale Virtual Reference Library |
Contents |
Detroit skyline, 1949 / by Bobbie Ann Mason -- Footfalls / by Wilbur Daniel Steele -- The hunter's wife / by Anthony Doerr -- In the region of ice / by Joyce Carol Oates -- The Jewbird / by Bernard Malamud -- Like a winding sheet / by Ann Petry -- Looking for a rain god / by Bessie Head -- The man without a country / by Edward Everett Hale -- Tale of the unknown island / by Jose Saramago -- This morning, this evening, so soon / by James Baldwin -- Tony's story / by Leslie Marmon Silko -- What you pawn I will redeem / by Sherman Alexie -- Who's Irish? / by Gish Jen -- The wide net / by Eudora Welty |
Summary |
Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance |
Notes |
"ISSN 1092-7735." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Alexie, Sherman, 1966- What you pawn I will redeem
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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. This morning, this evening, so soon
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Doerr, Anthony, 1973- Hunter's wife
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Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909. Man without a country.
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Head, Bessie, 1937-1986. Looking for a rain god
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Jen, Gish. Who's Irish?
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Malamud, Bernard. Jewbird.
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Mason, Bobbie Ann. Detroit skyline, 1949
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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- In the region of ice
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Petry, Ann, 1908-1997. Like a winding sheet
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Saramago, José. Conto da ilha desconhecida. English
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Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948- Tony's story
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Steele, Wilbur Daniel, 1886-1970. Footfalls
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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Wide net
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SUBJECT |
Man without a country (Hale, Edward Everett) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01802423 |
Subject |
Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
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Short story.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Short Stories.
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Short story.
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United States.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Barden, Thomas E., writer of supplementary textual content.
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Mallegg, Kristin, editor.
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ISBN |
1410328619 |
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141038165X |
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9781410328618 |
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9781410381651 |
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