«...this is a work of great value and numerous strengths, a milestone for those interested in the short story and its most recent projections.» (Gerardo Rodríguez Salas, Atlantis) «The collection is without doubt an example of the good health of short-story criticism, and a work of great value for those who love the short-story form.» (Jessica Aliaga Lavrijsen, Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies)
Contents: José Jiménez Lozano: Algunas reflexiones sobre el cuento breve / Reflections on the short story - Thomas Leitch: On the Margins of Mystery: The Detective in Poe and After - José Antonio Álvarez Amorós: Reaching Out for Fictional Reality: Para-Derridean Forms of Différance in Henry James's «The Coxon Fund» - Laurent Lepaludier: Visual Dynamics in «Bestre» by Wyndham Lewis - Eibhear Walshe: Frank O'Connor's Lonely Voice: Dissent in the Modern Irish Short Story - Farhat Iftekharuddin: Recalcitrant Discourse: The Uncompromising Content in East, West Stories - Carmen Flys Junquera: Fluid Boundaries in Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing - Adrienne E. Gavin: Painting it Black: Art, Crime and (Ir)resolution in Carol Swain's Graphic Short Story 'come down town' - Charles E. May: The Secret Life in the Modern Short Story.
The Editors: José R. Ibáñez is associate lecturer in English at the University of Almería. His field of research is American literature. José Francisco Fernández is senior lecturer in English Literature at the University of Almería. He has published widely on the contemporary British short story. Carmen M. Bretones teaches English at the University of Almería, where she works as a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow. Her research focuses on cognitivism.