The short story is one of the most difficult types of prose to write and one of the most pleasurable to read. From Boccaccio's Decameron to The Collected Stories ofReynolds Price, Charles May gives us an understanding of the history and structure of this demanding form of fiction. Beginning with a general history of the genre, he moves on to focus on the nineteenth-century when the modern short story began to come into focus. From there he moves on to later nineteenth-century realism and early twentieth-century formalism and finally to the modern renaissance of the...
The short story is one of the most difficult types of prose to write and one of the most pleasurable to read. From Boccaccio's Decameron to <...
Morris Grubbs has sifted through vintage classics, little-known gems, and stunning debuts to assemble this collection of forty stories by popular and critically acclaimed writers. In subtle and profound ways they challenge and overturn accepted stereotypes about the land their authors call home, whether by birth or by choice. Kentucky writers have produced some of the finest short stories published in the last fifty years, much of which focuses on the tension between the comforts of community and the siren-like lure of the outside world. Arranged...
With an introduction by Wade Hall
Morris Grubbs has sifted through vintage classics, little-known gems, and stunning debuts to assemble this...
The first edition of May's Short Story Theories (1976) opened with an essay entitled "The Short Story: An Underrated Art." Almost two decades later, the short story suffers no such slight. Publishers and critics have become increasingly interested in the form, which has enjoyed a renaissance led by such writers as Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, Ann Beattie, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Mary Robison. An important part of this revival of interest, Short Story Theories has continued to attract a strong and loyal audience among students and teachers. The New Short Story Theories includes a few basic...
The first edition of May's Short Story Theories (1976) opened with an essay entitled "The Short Story: An Underrated Art." Almost two decades later, t...
Reference materials on short stories for teachers and libraries. This edition incorporates all the articles from the original six-volume set and four-volume supplement and adds 250 essays. It is organized in the standard Masterplots form, with articles aranged alphabetically by story title.
Reference materials on short stories for teachers and libraries. This edition incorporates all the articles from the original six-volume set and four-...
Although the short story has often been called America's unique contribution to the world's literature, relatively few critics have taken the form seriously. May's collection of essays by popular commentators, academic critics, and short story writers attempts to assess the reasons for this neglect and provides significant theoretical directions for a reevaluation of the form. The essays range from discussions by Poe to comments by John Cheever. Frank O'Connor describes the short story as depicting "an intense awareness of human loneliness," and Nadine Gordimer suggests that the story is...
Although the short story has often been called America's unique contribution to the world's literature, relatively few critics have taken the form ser...
This volume is an effort to introduce O'Connor to a new generation of readers by including previously published essays that clarify her religious ideas, her narrative technique, her use of humor, and the regional and social context of her fiction. Original essays commissioned especially for this volume make significant new contributions to the understanding and appreciation of her work. Essays discuss the religious context of such stories as "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "Good Country People." Other essays explore O'Connor's use of humor in the story "Temple of the Holy Ghost" as well as...
This volume is an effort to introduce O'Connor to a new generation of readers by including previously published essays that clarify her religious idea...
This Critical Survey was originally published in 1981, with a supplement in 1987 and revised editions in 1993 and 2001. The Fourth Edition includes all writers from the previous edition and adds 145 new ones, covering 625 writers in total. Altogether, the writers covered in this set represent 44 countries and the history of short fiction from antiquity to the 21st century. The set also offers 53 informative overviews; 24 of these essays were added for this edition, including all the literary movement essays. In addition, seven resources are provided, two of them new. Author portraits are...
This Critical Survey was originally published in 1981, with a supplement in 1987 and revised editions in 1993 and 2001. The Fourth Edition includes al...
Critical Survey of Short Fiction profiles the lives, achievements, and important works of major writers. Originally published in 1981 and revised in 2001, the latest edition adds an additional 145 writers, covering 625 writers in total. Now, for the first time, the essays have been arranged in several subsets, so that libraries can choose the complete set, or only the titles they are interested in. Plus, complimentary online access is provided through Salem Literature.
Critical Survey of Short Fiction profiles the lives, achievements, and important works of major writers. Originally published in 1981 and revised in 2...
Critical Survey of Short Fiction profiles the lives, achievements, and important works of major writers. Originally published in 1981 and revised in 2001, the latest edition adds an additional 145 writers, covering 625 writers in total. Now, for the first time, the essays have been arranged in several subsets, so that libraries can choose the complete set, or only the titles they are interested in. Plus, complimentary online access is provided through Salem Literature.
Critical Survey of Short Fiction profiles the lives, achievements, and important works of major writers. Originally published in 1981 and revised in 2...
Critical Survey of Short Fiction profiles the lives, achievements, and important works of major writers. Originally published in 1981 and revised in 2001, the latest edition adds an additional 145 writers, covering 625 writers in total. Now, for the first time, the essays have been arranged in several subsets, so that libraries can choose the complete set, or only the titles they are interested in. Plus, complimentary online access is provided through Salem Literature.
Critical Survey of Short Fiction profiles the lives, achievements, and important works of major writers. Originally published in 1981 and revised in 2...
