A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English

by Erin Fallon (Editor), R.C. Feddersen (Editor), James Kurtzleben (Editor), Maurice A. Lee (Editor), Susan Rochette-Crawley (Editor)

Overview

Although the short story has existed in various forms for centuries, it has particularly flourished during the last hundred years. Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English includes alphabetically-arranged entries for 50 English-language short story writers from around the world. Most of these writers have been active since 1960, and they reflect a wide range of experiences and perspectives in their works. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes biography, a review of existing criticism, a lengthier analysis of specific works, and a selected bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The volume begins with a detailed introduction to the short story genre and concludes with an annotated bibliography of major works on short story theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135976293
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Erin Fallon, R. C. Feddersen, James Kurtzleben, Maurice A. Lee, Susan Rochette-Crawley

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Chinua Achebe, Charles Dameron; Chapter 2 Ama Ata Aidoo, Susan Rocfiette-Crawley; Chapter 3 Jessica Anderson, Selina Samuels; Chapter 4 Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Linda H. Straubel, Gayle Elliott; Chapter 5 Toni Cade Bambara, Carol Franko; Chapter 6 John Simmons Barth, Terry J. Martin; Chapter 7 Donald Barthelme, Jerome Klinkowitz; Chapter 8 Ann Beattie, Michael W. Young, Troy Thibodeaux; Chapter 9 Morley Callaghan, Grant Tracey; Chapter 10 Angela (Olive) Carter, Erica Benson; Chapter 11 Raymond Carver, Hilary Siebert; Chapter 12 Sandra Cisneros, L. M. Lewis; Chapter 13 Robert Coover, Wayne B. Stengel; Chapter 14 Anita Desai, Minoli Salgado; Chapter 15 (Karen) Louise Erdrich, Norma C. Wilson; Chapter 16 Richard Ford, Larry D. Griffin; Chapter 17 Janet Frame, Susan Rochette-Crawley; Chapter 18 Ernest J. Gaines, Mary Ellen Doyle; Chapter 19 Mavis Gallant, Michael Trussler; Chapter 20 Nadine Gordimer, Christine Loflin; Chapter 21 Patricia Grace, Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure; Chapter 22 Gish Jen, R. C. Feddersen; Chapter 23 Charles Richard Johnson, Scharron A. Shy-Clayton; Chapter 24 Elizabeth Jolley, Brian Dibble; Chapter 25 Jamaica Kincaid, Hermine Lee; Chapter 26 Maxine Hong Kingston, Jennie Wang; Chapter 27 Doris Lessing, Rick Oehling; Chapter 28 Bernard Malamud, Begoña Sío-Castiñeira; Chapter 29 Bobbie Ann Mason, Cheryl Roberts; Chapter 30 James Alan McPherson, Kurtzleben James; Chapter 31 Lorrie Moore, Robin Werner; Chapter 32 Bharati Mukherjee, Sherry Morton-Mollo; Chapter 33 Alice Munro, J. R. (Tim) Struthers; Chapter 34 R. K. Narayan, Britta Olinder; Chapter 35 Tim O’Brien, Brady Harrison; Chapter 36 Michael Ondaatje, Allan Weiss; Chapter 37 Cynthia Ozick, Allan Weiss; Chapter 38 Grace Paley, Ann Charters; Chapter 39 Velma Pollard, Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure; Chapter 40 Victor Sawdon Pritchett, Karen Tracey; Chapter 41 Jean Rhys, Paul Kotrodimos; Chapter 42 Salman Rushdie, Farhat Iftekharuddin; Chapter 43 Samuel Dickson Selvon, Hermine Lee; Chapter 44 Olive Senior, Mary Gravitt; Chapter 45 Leslie Marmon Silko, Neil Nakadate; Chapter 46 Amy Tan, Elias Ellefson; Chapter 47 William Trevor, Miriam Marty Clark;

Editorial Reviews

A multicultural collection of 47 chapters intended to introduce short- story writers to teachers, students, and the reading public. Each chapter includes biographical material, a brief review of existing criticism, a lengthier analysis of specific works, and a selected bibliography. In addition, an introductory chapter provides a brief look at the history of the short story in English. Some of the writers covered: Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Donald Barthelme, Raymond Carver, Janet Frame, Gish Jen, Maxine Hong Kingston, Doris Lessing, Bernard Malamud, Lorrie Moore, Bharati Mukherjee, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, Victor Sawdon Pritchett, Salman Rushdie, Olive Senior, and Leslie Marmon Silko. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"valuable to most literature instructors. This work is extremely important because of the popularity of the genre." - Choice

'Valuable to most literature instructors. This work is extremely important because of the popularity of the genre.' - Choice

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