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Title Short stories for students. Volume 20 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler, project editors.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005.

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Series Gale virtual reference library
Note "ISSN 1092-7735."
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, criticism, sources, and further reading.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Babette's feast / Isak Dinesen -- The big black good man / Richard Wright -- Christmas not just once a year / Heinrich Boll -- A great day / Frank Sargeson -- Imagined scenes / Ann Beattie -- In the shadow of war / Ben Okri -- The long-distance runner / Grace Paley -- Private lies / Bobbie Ann Mason -- The pursuer / Julio Cortazar -- Saint Emmanuel the good, martyr / Miguel de Unamuno -- The sniper / Liam O'Flaherty -- The sun, the moon, the stars / Junot Diaz -- To room nineteen / Doris Lessing -- The veldt / Ray Bradbury.
Access Access limited to licensed institutions.
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.
Subject Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Babette's feast.
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Big black good man.
Böll, Heinrich, 1917-1985. Christmas not just once a year.
Sargeson, Frank. Great day.
Beattie, Ann. Imagined scenes.
Okri, Ben. In the shadow of war.
Paley, Grace. Long-distance runner.
Mason, Bobbie Ann. Private lies.
Cortázar, Julio. Pursuer.
Unamuno, Miguel de, 1864-1936. Saint Emmanuel the good, martyr.
O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984. Sniper.
Díaz, Junot, 1968- Sun, the moon, the stars.
Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. To room nineteen.
Bradbury, Ray, 1920- Veldt.
Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
Short story.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Milne, Ira Mark.
Sisler, Timothy J.
Gale Group.
Other Form: Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 20. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005 9780787642723
ISBN 9780787694197 (electronic book)
0787694193 (electronic book)
9780787642723
078764272X

 
    
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