| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 337 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
| Contents |
The age of lead / Margaret Atwood -- Defender of the faith / Philip Roth -- The distant stars / Le Minh Khue -- Drenched in light / Zora Neale Hurston -- The enormous radio / John Cheever -- Eve's diary / Mark Twain -- The landlady / Roald Dahl -- The machine stops / E.M. Forster -- The mortal immortal / Mary Shelley -- The particles / Andrea Barrett -- The princess of Nebraska / Yiyun Li -- Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Seventeen syllables / Hisaye Yamamoto -- The willows / Algernon Blackwood |
| 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 |
Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Age of lead
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Barrett, Andrea. Particles
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Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951. Willows
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Cheever, John. Enormous radio
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Dahl, Roald. Landlady
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Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Machine stops
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Rappaccini's daughter.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. Drenched in light
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Lê, Minh Khuê. Distant stars
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Li, Yiyun, 1972- Princess of Nebraska
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Roth, Philip. Defender of the faith
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Mortal immortal
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Eve's diary.
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Yamamoto, Hisaye. Seventeen syllables
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| SUBJECT |
Eve's diary (Twain, Mark) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01393437 |
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Rappaccini's daughter (Hawthorne, Nathaniel) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01368727 |
| 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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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 |
Derda, Matthew, editor.
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| ISBN |
1410315932 |
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9781410315939 |
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