Description |
1 online resource (xix, 312 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits |
Contents |
The children's story / James Clavell -- Defeat / Kay Boyle -- Greenleaf / Flannery O'Connor -- The house behind a weeping cherry / Ha Jin -- Just before the war with the eskimos / J.D. Salinger -- Kindred spirits / Alice Walker -- The man in the black suit / Stephen King -- María Concepción / Katherine Anne Porter -- Novel of the black seal / Arthur Machen -- Orbiting / Bharati Mukherjee -- The signalman / Charles Dickens -- The streak / Walter Dean Myers -- Where the gods fly / Jean Kwok -- The world's greatest fishermen / Louise Erdrich |
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 |
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992. Defeat
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Clavell, James. Children's story
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Signal-man.
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Erdrich, Louise. World's greatest fishermen
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Jin, Ha, 1956- House behind a weeping cherry tree
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King, Stephen, 1947- Man in the black suit
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Kwok, Jean. Where the gods fly
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Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947. Novel of the black seal
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Mukherjee, Bharati. Orbiting
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Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014. Streak
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O'Connor, Flannery. Greenleaf
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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. María Concepción
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Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010. Just before the war with the eskimos
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Walker, Alice, 1944- Kindred spirits
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SUBJECT |
Signal-man (Dickens, Charles) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01367273 |
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 |
Mallegg, Kristin, editor.
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ISBN |
1410328627 |
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9781410328625 |
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