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Title Short stories for students. Volume 11 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Jennifer Smith, project editor.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2001.

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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. 11: And of clay are we created - Isabel Allende -- Battle royal or The invisible man - Ralph Ellison -- The gilded six-bits - Zora Neale Hurston -- A good scent from a strange mountain - Robert Olen Butler -- The grave - Katherine Anne Porter -- Hands - Sherwood Anderson -- Marriage a la mode - Katherine Mansfield -- Mrs. Plum - Eskia (Ezekiel) Mphahlele -- My Kinsman, Major Molineux - Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Roselily - Alice Walker -- Say yes - Tobias Wolff -- The sheriff's children - Charles Waddell Chesnutt -- Silver water - Amy Bloom -- The snows of Kilimanjaro - Ernest Hemingway -- Story teller - Leslie Marmon Silko -- Women in their beds - Gina Berriault.
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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: 328 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subject Allende, Isabel. And of clay are we created.
Ellison, Ralph. Battle royal or The invisible man.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Gilded six-bits.
Butler, Robert Olen. Good scent from a strange mountain.
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Grave.
Anderson, Sherwood , 1876-1941. Hands.
Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Marriage a la mode.
Mphahlele, Ezekiel. Mrs. Plum.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. My Kinsman, Major Molineux.
Walker, Alice, 1944- Roselily.
Wolff, Tobias, 1945- Say yes.
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. Sheriff's children.
Bloom, Amy, 1953- Silver water.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Snows of Kilimanjaro.
Silko, Leslie Marmon. Story teller.
Berriault, Gina. Women in their beds.
Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
Short story.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Smith, Jennifer.
ISBN 9780787642631
0787642630

 
    
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