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Title Teaching the short story / edited by Ailsa Cox
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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Description xvii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Series Teaching the new English
Teaching the new English.
Contents Notes on the Contributors -- A Chronology of Significant Works -- Introduction / A.Cox -- 1. Short Shorts: Exploring Relevance and Filling in Narratives / P.Trimarco -- 2. Questioning Short Stories / M.Greaney -- 3. Raymond Carver and the Power of Style / M.Scofield -- 4. Women Writers / L.Peach -- 5. The Postcolonial Experience: The Southeast Asian Short Story in English / D.Baldwin -- 6. The Science Fiction Short Story / A.Sawyer -- 7. Story and Film / P.Wright -- 8. Why Teaching the Short Story Today is a Thankless Task / C.E.May -- 9. Postgraduate Research; A.Cox -- Appendix: Film Adaptations -- Further Reading -- Index
Summary "The short story is moving from relative neglect to a central position in the curriculum; as a teaching tool, it offers students a route into many complex areas, including critical theory, gender studies, postcolonialism and genre. This book offers a practical guide to the short story in the classroom, covering all these fields and more"--
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Creative teaching -- Great Britain.
Creative teaching -- United States.
Criticism.
Short story -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain.
Short story -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Short story -- Study and teaching.
Author Cox, Ailsa.
LC no. 2011003947
ISBN 023057369X
0230573703 (paperback)
9780230573697
9780230573703 (paperback)