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Title Short stories for students. Volume 5 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Tim Akers and Jerry Moore, project editors.

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Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 1999.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Gale Electronic Resource	Electronic Resource	---	Available

Note	Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
	"ISSN 1092-7735."
Contents	Vol. 5: Barn burning - William Faulkner -- Big blonde - Dorothy Parker -- Blood-burning moon - Jean Toomer -- Boys and girls - Alice Munro -- The death of Ivan Ilych - Leo Tolstoy -- The demon lover - Elizabeth Bowen -- Guests of the nation - Frank O'Connor -- Han's crime - Shiga Naoya -- Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut -- A horse and two goats - R.K. Narayan -- The lady with the pet dog - Anton Chekhov -- Melanctha - Gertrude Stein -- Recitatif - Toni Morrison -- The sky is gray - Ernest J. Gaines -- Snapshots of a wedding - Bessie Head -- Swaddling clothes - Yukio Mishima -- The things they carried - Tim O'Brien -- What I have been doing lately - Jamaica Kincaid -- The wave - Liam O'Flaherty -- Wunderkind - Carson McCullers.
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.
Original Version	Original: 417 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subject	Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Barn burning.
	Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. Big blonde.
	Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967. Blood-burning moon.
	Munro, Alice. Boys and girls.
	Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Death of Ivan Ilych.
	Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973. Demon lover.
	O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966. Guests of the nation.
	Naoya, Shiga. Han's crime.
	Vonnegut, Kurt. Harrison Bergeron.
	Narayan, R. K., 1906-2001. Horse and two goats.
	Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Lady with the pet dog.
	Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. Melanctha.
	Morrison, Toni. Recitatif.
	Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Sky is gray.
	Head, Bessie, 1937-1986. Snapshots of a wedding.
	Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970. Swaddling clothes.
	O'Brien, Tim, 1946- Things they carried.
	Kincaid, Jamaica. What I have been doing lately.
	O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984. Wave.
	McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Wunderkind.
	Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
	Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
	Short story.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Akers, Tim.
	Moore, Jerry (Gerald Eugene)
ISBN	9780787622206
	0787622206