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The Art of the Short Story Book

Art of the Short Story, The : Paperback : Pearson Education (US) : 9780321363633 : 0321363639 : 20 Oct 2005 : This affordably-priced collection presents masterpieces of short fiction from 52 of the greatest story writers of all time. From Sherwood Anderson to Virginia Woolf, this anthology encompasses a rich global and historical mix of the very best works of short fiction and presents them in a way students will find accessible, engaging, and relevant. The book's unique integration of biographical and critical background gives students a more intimate understanding of the works and their authors.Read More

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    A robust volume of 63 stories from 52 authors from 20 different countries. Most of the editors selections come from the usual literary heavyweights, authors like Hemingway, Chekhov, Joyce, Borges, Faulkner,Welty and Melville. But they do include a handful of more contemporarywriters, such as Chinua Achebe, Ha Jin, Sandra Cisneros and Alice Munroas well. Each author receives a page-long biography, which dispensessome interesting facts (e.g., Tolstoy s infidelities, Woolf sdepression, Gogol s madness, Poe s poverty, Mishima s suicide), gives acareful analysis of the author s works and sets them in the context ofvarious literary traditions. Distributor: Spring Arbor/Ingram Author: Dana Gioia, R.S. Gwynn Format: 926 pages, paperback ISBN: 9780321363633

  • 0321363639
  • 9780321363633
  • Dana Gioia, R. S. Gwynn
  • 30 August 2005
  • Longman
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 926
  • 1
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