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03204aam a2200385 i 4500 001 29EC536A80FD11EDBDE4B17F33ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221221010031 008 211006t20212021enka b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2021940310 020 $a 0198754639 020 $a 9780198754633 035 $a (OCoLC)1285686011 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d TOH $d Z4F $d IWC $d EAU $d UAB $d OCLCO $d YDX $d NYP $d EYM $d OCLCO $d GZN $d CGN $d TCJ $d OCL $d CDN $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 04 $a PN3373 $b .K28 2021 050 4 $a PN3373 $b .K34 2021 082 04 $a 809.31 $2 23 100 1 $a Kahn, Andrew, $e author $1 https://isni.org/isni/0000000116161421 245 14 $a The Short story : $b a very short introduction / $c Andrew Kahn. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford ; New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xxvi, 141 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Very short introductions ; $v 688 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-135) and index. 505 0 $a The rise of the short story -- Openings -- Voices -- Place -- The plot thickens...and thins -- Ironies and reversals -- Chekhov's heirs -- Endings. 520 $a "What defines a modern short story is much more than a question of length. Despite the efforts of early pioneers like Edgar Allan Poe, the genre was originally synonymous with the anecdote or tale and seen more as entertainment than art. However it has become far more than that, and this Very Short Introduction considers afresh the form's ongoing innovations in plot construction, capacity for psychological insight, and ability to offer intensely concentrated perceptions. This book charts the rise of the short story from its original appearance in magazines and newspapers, largely in the United States and Great Britain. For much of the nineteenth century, tales were written for the press, and the form's history is marked by engagement with popular fiction. From the later nineteenth century, the short story earned a reputation for its skillful use of plot design and character study distinct from the novel. After the First World War it found outlets in high-brow publications, and single-author collections, as well as anthologies, were regularly published. Exploring the form's techniques and themes, Andrew Kahn considers the continuity and variation in key structures and techniques such as the beginning, the creation of voice, the ironic turn or plot twist, and how writers manage endings. Throughout he draws on examples from an international and flourishing corpus of work, with close analysis of classic and lesser-known stories by American, Canadian, Irish, Australian, Russian, and French masters such as James Baldwin, Grace Paley, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Taylor, William Trevor, Helen Garner, Chekhov, and Guy de Maupassant." --Description from publisher's website. 650 0 $a Short story 650 0 $a Short story $x Authorship. 830 0 $a Very short introductions ; $v 688. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230503012201.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20221221010202.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=29EC536A80FD11EDBDE4B17F33ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search