Description |
1 online resource (xix, 341 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Contents |
Art work / A.S. Byatt -- The black cat / Edgar Allan Poe -- The circular ruins / Jorge Luis Borges -- The goophered grapevine / Charles Waddell Chesnutt -- Gusev / Anton Chekhov -- Johnny Mnemonic / William Gibson -- Life in the iron mills / Rebecca Harding Davis -- A mild attack of locusts / Doris Lessing -- Moon Lake / Eudora Welty -- Old woman Magoun / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Soldier's home / Ernest Hemingway -- The storm / Kate Chopin |
Summary |
Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. Ruinas circulares.
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Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936- Art work
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Gusev
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Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932. Goophered grapevine
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904. Storm
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Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910. Life in the iron mills.
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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. Old woman Magoun
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Gibson, William, 1948- Johnny Mnemonic.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Soldier's home
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Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Mild attack of locusts
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Black cat.
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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Moon Lake
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SUBJECT |
Black cat (Poe, Edgar Allan) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01363767 |
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Ruinas circulares (Borges, Jorge Luis) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01938097 |
Subject |
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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Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Short story.
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United States.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Wilson, Kathleen, 1968-
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ISBN |
1414449577 |
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9781414449579 |
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