Description |
1 online resource (xix, 360 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Contents |
The haunted boy / by Carson McCullers -- The house of Asterion / by Jorge Luis Borges -- If you eat, you never die / by Tony Romano -- Leiningen versus the ants / by Carl Stephenson -- The man who would be king / by Rudyard Kipling -- My Lucy friend who smells like corn / by Sandra Cisneros -- The nose / by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol -- On the rainy river / by Tim O'Brien -- O yes / by Tillie Olsen -- Popular mechanics / by Raymond Carver -- Saboteur / by Ha Jin -- The sisters / by James Joyce -- Stalking / by Joyce Carole Oates -- The tenant / by Bharati Mukherjee |
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." |
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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. House of Asterion
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Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Popular mechanics
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Cisneros, Sandra. My Lucy friend who smells like corn
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Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852. Nose.
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Jin, Ha, 1956- Saboteur
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Sisters
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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Man who would be king
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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Haunted boy
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Mukherjee, Bharati. Tenant
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O'Brien, Tim, 1946- On the rainy river
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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- Stalking
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Olsen, Tillie. O yes
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Romano, Tony, 1957- If you eat, you never die
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Stephenson, Carl, 1893-1954. Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen. English
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SUBJECT |
Sisters (Joyce, James) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01363260 |
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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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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 |
Constantakis, Sara.
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ISBN |
141447458X |
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9781414474588 |
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