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Title Short stories for students. Volume 12 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Jennifer Smith, project editor.

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Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2001.

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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. 12: The beginning of Homewood - John Edgar Wideman -- Debbie and Julie - Doris Lessing -- The Erlking - Angela Carter -- The feathered ogre - Italo Calvino -- Fountains in the rain - Yukio Mishima -- Goodbye, Columbus - Philip Roth -- Heart of darkness - Joseph Conrad -- Kew Gardens - Virginia Woolf -- Leaving the yellow house - Saul Bellow -- The lesson - Toni Cade Bambara -- The metamorphosis - Franz Kafka -- The pagan rabbi - Cynthia Ozick -- The Spinoza of Market Street - Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Suspicion - Dorothy L. Sayers -- That evening sun - William Faulkner -- What we talk about when we talk about love - Raymond Carver.
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: 340 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subject	Wideman, John Edgar. Beginning of Homewood.
	Lessing, Doris, 1919- Debbie and Julie.
	Carter, Angela, 1940-1992. Erlking.
	Calvino, Italo. Feathered ogre.
	Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970. Fountains in the rain.
	Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus.
	Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.
	Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Kew Gardens.
	Bellow, Saul. Leaving the yellow house.
	Bambara, Toni Cade. Lesson.
	Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. Metamorphosis.
	Ozick, Cynthia. Pagan rabbi.
	Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Spinoza of Market Street.
	Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorthy Leigh), 1893-1957. Suspicion.
	Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. That evening sun.
	Carver, Raymond. What we talk about when we talk about love.
	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	9780787642648
	0787642649