This guide is an excellent beginning for the study of a little-recognized genre and will be needed by all academic libraries. "Choice"

During the 1970s many distinguished writers began experimenting with the short story cycle, a literary form that achieved prominence in the early decades of the century through such works as James Joyce's "Dubliners" and Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio." Despite the growing interest of both writers and readers, no theoretical work has been done on this genre in the past ten years. "The Short Story Cycle" provides a wide-ranging survey of the...