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Title Short stories for students. Volume 8 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Ira Mark Milne, project editor.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2000.

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Note Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
"ISSN 1092-7735."
Contents Vol. 8: Blackberry winter - Robert Penn Warren -- Flowering Judas - Katherine Anne Porter -- The garden party - Katherine Mansfield -- The grand inquisitor - Fyodor Dostoevsky -- How I contemplated the world . . . - Joyce Carol Oates -- In another country - Ernest Hemingway -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving -- The lifted veil - George Eliot -- The magic barrel - Bernard Malamud -- The man to send rainclouds - Leslie Marmon Silko -- The masque of the red death - Edgar Allan Poe -- Mateo Falcone - Prosper Merimee -- Mrs. Bathurst - Rudyard Kipling -- A New England nun - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Redemption - John Gardner -- Residents and transients - Bobbie Ann Mason -- Silent snow, secret snow - Conrad Aiken.
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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.
Original Version Original: 387 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subject Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Blackberry winter.
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Flowering Judas.
Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Garden party.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Grand inquisitor.
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- How I contemplated the world.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. In another country.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Lifted veil.
Malamud, Bernard. Magic barrel.
Silko, Leslie Marmon. Man to send rainclouds.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Masque of the red death.
Merimee, Prosper, 1803-1870. Mateo Falcone.
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Mrs. Bathurst.
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins, 1852-1930. New England nun.
Gardner, John, 1933-1982. Redemption.
Mason, Bobbie Ann. Residents and transients.
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. Silent snow, secret snow.
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.
ISBN 9780787636081
0787636088

 
    
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