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Title Short stories for students. Volume 39 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Matthew Derda, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden.

Publication Info. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014]
©2014
Description 1 online resource (xix, 314 pages) : illustrations
Series Gale virtual reference library
Note "ISSN 1092-7735."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Barbie-Q / by Sandra Cisneros -- The beginning of something / by Sue Ellen Bridgers -- Christmas Day in the morning / by Pearl S. Buck -- A cup of tea / by Katherine Mansfield -- The infant prodigy / by Thomas Mann -- The lagoon / by Joseph Conrad -- The new-year sacrifice / by Lu Xun -- One throw / by W.C. Heinz -- The piece of string / by Guy de Maupassant -- A prayer from the living / by Ben Okri -- Teenage wasteland / by Anne Tyler -- The third bank of the river / by Joao Guimaraes Rosa -- The war of the wall / by Toni Cade Bambara -- The winner / by Barbara Kimenye.
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.
Subject Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
Short story.
Added Author Derda, Matthew, editor.
Gale Group.
Other Form: Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 39. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014] 9781414495262
ISBN 9781414492834 (electronic book)
9781414495262
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