The Culture and Commerce of the American Short Story

ISBN-13: 9780521440578 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 180 str.

Andrew Levy; Albert Gelpi; Ross Posnock

Opis

The Culture and Commerce of the Short Story is a cultural and historical account of the birth and development of the American short story from the time of Poe.

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Poe's magazine; 2. The land of definition; 3. Edith Wharton: the muse's strategy; 4. Handbooks and workshops: a brief history of the creative writing 'revolution'; 5. Back home again: Bobbie Ann Mason's 'Shiloh'; Postscript: Iowa city; Notes; Index.