| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 317 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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| Note |
"ISSN 1092-7735." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Dead men's path / Chinua Achebe -- The drummer boy of Shiloh / Ray Bradbury -- The egg / Sherwood Anderson -- The feather pillow / Horacio Quiroga -- Interpreter of maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri -- The jay / Yasunari Kawabata -- The long exile / Leo Tolstoy -- New African / Andrea Lee -- Night talkers / Edwidge Danticat -- Oliver's evolution / John Updike -- The possibility of evil / Shirley Jackson -- The princess and the tin box / James Thurber -- The shawl / Louise Erdrich -- Tuesday siesta / Gabriel Garcia Marquez. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| 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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| Added Author |
Derda, Matthew, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for student, Volume 37. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2013 9781414487427 |
| ISBN |
9781414487595 (electronic book) |
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1414487592 (electronic book) |
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9781414487427 |
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1414487428 |
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