Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. INTRODUCTION: THEORY AND PERSPECTIVE -- II. CRITICAL APPROACHES TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY SHORT STORY CYCLES -- III. FRANZ KAFKA: EIN HUNGERKÜNSTLER -- IV. WILLIAM FAULKNER: THE UNVANQUISHED -- V. SHERWOOD ANDERSON: WINESBURG, OHIO -- VI. CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- 235-236