A Companion to the American Short Story

A Companion to the American Short Story
Author: Alfred Bendixen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2020-08-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1119685648

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Companion to Literature

Companion to Literature
Author: Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 859
Release: 2009
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 143812743X

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Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."

The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story

The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story
Author: Blanche H. Gelfant
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 677
Release: 2004-04-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0231504950

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Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.

A Companion to American Fiction, 1865 - 1914

A Companion to American Fiction, 1865 - 1914
Author: Robert Paul Lamb
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1405178310

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A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century Brings together 29 essays by top scholars, each of which presents a synthesis of the best research and offers an original perspective Divided into sections on historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors Covers a mixture of canonical and the non-canonical themes, authors, literatures, and critical approaches Explores innovative topics, such as ecological literature and ecocriticism, children’s literature, and the influence of Darwin on fiction

A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English

A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English
Author: Erin Fallon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2013-10-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1135976228

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Although the short story has existed in various forms for centuries, it has particularly flourished during the last hundred years. Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English includes alphabetically-arranged entries for 50 English-language short story writers from around the world. Most of these writers have been active since 1960, and they reflect a wide range of experiences and perspectives in their works. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes biography, a review of existing criticism, a lengthier analysis of specific works, and a selected bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The volume begins with a detailed introduction to the short story genre and concludes with an annotated bibliography of major works on short story theory.

The Oxford Book of American Short Stories

The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 788
Release: 1992
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780195092622

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This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.

The Cambridge Companion to the American Short Story

The Cambridge Companion to the American Short Story
Author: Michael J. Collins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2023-04-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1009292854

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This Companion offers students and scholars a comprehensive introduction to the development and the diversity of the American short story as a literary form from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day. Rather than define what the short story is as a genre, or defend its importance in comparison with the novel, this Companion seeks to understand what the short story does – how it moves through national space, how it is always related to other genres and media, and how its inherent mobility responds to the literary marketplace and resonates with key critical themes in contemporary literary studies. The chapters offer authoritative introductions and reinterpretations of a literary form that has re-emerged as a major force in the twenty-first-century public sphere dominated by the Internet.

The American Short Story Handbook

The American Short Story Handbook
Author: James Nagel
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2015-03-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0470655429

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This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin’s “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” in 1747 to “The Joy Luck Club”. Includes a selection of writers chosen not only for their contributions of individual stories but for bodies of work that advanced the boundaries of short fiction, including Washington Irving, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, Jamaica Kincaid, and Tim O’Brien Addresses the ways in which American oral storytelling and other narrative traditions were integral to the formation and flourishing of the short story genre Written in accessible and engaging prose for students at all levels by a renowned literary scholar to illuminate an important genre that has received short shrift in scholarly literature of the last century Includes a glossary defining the most common terms used in literary history and in critical discussions of fiction, and a bibliography of works for further study

American Short Story Masterpieces

American Short Story Masterpieces
Author: Clarence C. Strowbridge
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0486499138

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An affordable compilation of more than a dozen of the best American short stories features tales by Hawthorne, Twain, James, Cheever, Wharton, and Cather. Contents include "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat," and "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty.

The Cambridge Companion to the English Short Story

The Cambridge Companion to the English Short Story
Author: Ann-Marie Einhaus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2016-06-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1316033597

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This Companion provides an accessible overview of short fiction by writers from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and other international sites. A collection of international experts examine the development of the short story in a variety of contexts from the early nineteenth century to the present. They consider how dramatic changes in the publishing landscape during this period - such as the rise of the fiction magazine and the emergence of new opportunities in online and electronic publishing - influenced the form, covering subgenres from detective fiction to flash fiction. Drawing on a wealth of critical scholarship to place the short story in the English literary tradition, this volume will be an invaluable guide for students of the short story in English.