| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 326 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The boy who drew cats / Lafcadio Hearn -- A bush league hero / Edna Ferber -- The cold equations / Tom Godwin -- Dance in America / Lorrie Moore -- The dinner party / Mona Gardner -- The Dunwich horror / H.P. Lovecraft -- Geraldine Moore the poet / Toni Cade Bambara -- A logic named Joe / Murray Leinster -- Mrs. Turner cutting the grass / Carol Shields -- New boy / Roddy Doyle -- A river runs through it / Norman Maclean -- Signs and symbols / Vladimir Nabokov -- The suitcase / Cynthia Ozick -- Year of the big thaw / Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Summary |
Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance |
| Notes |
"ISSN 1092-7735." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. Boy who drew cats
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Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Bush league hero
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Godwin, Tom. Cold equations
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Moore, Lorrie. Dance in America
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Gardner, Mona. Dinner party
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Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937. Dunwich horror
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Bambara, Toni Cade. Geraldine Moore the poet
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Leinster, Murray, 1896-1975. Logic named Joe
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Shields, Carol. Mrs. Turner cutting the grass
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Doyle, Roddy, 1958- New boy
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Maclean, Norman, 1902-1990. River runs through it
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Signs and symbols
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Ozick, Cynthia. Suitcase
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer. Year of the big thaw
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
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Short story
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781573023245 |
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1573023248 |
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