Description |
1 online resource (xix, 336 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits |
Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
Contents |
Blackness / Jamaica Kincaid -- Diary of a madman / Nikolay Gogol -- The dream of a ridiculous man / Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Emmy / Jessie Redmon Fauset -- The fat of the land / Anzia Yezierska -- The fly / Katherine Mansfield -- The moonlit road / Ambrose Bierce -- Open secrets / Alice Ann Munro -- Railroad standard time / Frank Chin -- Refuge in London / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala -- The secret of cartwheels / Patricia Henley -- Sinking house / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- Sweetheart of the song Tra Bong / Tim O'Brien -- The Zahir / Jorge Luis Borges |
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 |
Description based on print version record |
Subject |
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Moonlit road.
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Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. Zahir
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Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Sinking house
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Chin, Frank, 1940- Railroad standard time
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Son smeshnogo cheloveka. English.
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Fauset, Jessie Redmon. Emmy
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Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852. Zapiski sumasshedshego. English.
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Henley, Patricia. Secret of cartwheels
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Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013. Refuge in London
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Kincaid, Jamaica. Blackness
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Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Fly
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Munro, Alice, 1931- Open secrets
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O'Brien, Tim, 1946- Sweetheart of the song Tra Bong
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Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970. Fat of the land
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SUBJECT |
Son smeshnogo cheloveka (Dostoyevsky, Fyodor) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01384607 |
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Zapiski sumasshedshego (Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01378717 |
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 |
Barden, Thomas E., writer of supplementary textual content.
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Derda, Matthew, editor.
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ISBN |
1410315940 |
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9781410315946 |
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