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Title:

Short stories for students. Volume 23 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Anne Marie Hacht, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden.

Publisher:

Gale Group,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xix, 313 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short stories--20th century.
Short stories--19th century.
Short stories, American--20th century.
Short stories, American--19th century.
Literature--History and criticism.

Other Authors:

Hacht, Anne Marie.
Barden, Thomas E.
Proulx, Annie.
Saramago, José.
Swan, Mary.
McPherson, James Alan, 1943-
Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980.
Dybek, Stuart.
Lavin, Mary, 1912-1996.
Julavits, Heidi.
Ferrell, Carolyn.
Jones, Thom.
Hurst, James.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988.
Orringer, Julie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Contents:

The smoothest way is full of stones / Julie Orringer. The Centaur / José Saramago -- The deep / Mary Swan -- Elbow room / James Alan McPherson -- The elephant vanishes / Haruki Murakami -- Holiday / Katherine Anne Porter -- Hot ice / Stuart Dybek -- In the middle of the fields / Mary Lavin -- Marry the one who gets there first / Heidi Julavits -- Proper library / Carolyn Ferrell -- The pugilist at rest / Thom Jones -- The scarlet ibis / James Hurst -- A small, good thing / Raymond Carver -- The smoothest way is full of stones / Julie Orringer.

ISBN:

9780787670313
0787670316

Locations:

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)