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Title Short stories for students. Volume 9 [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. 9: The boarded window - Ambrose Bierce -- A clean, well-lighted place - Ernest Hemingway -- Death in Venice - Thomas Mann -- The difference - Ellen Glasgow -- The garden of forking paths - Jorge Luis Borges -- Half a day - Naguib Mahfouz -- Janus - Ann Beattie -- The jolly corner - Henry James -- The man who was almost a man - Richard Wright -- One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich - Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- A spinster's tale - Peter Taylor -- The stationmaster - Alexander Pushkin -- Two kinds - Amy Tan -- Victory over Japan - Ellen Gilchrist -- The wall - Jean-Paul Sartre.
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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: 379 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subject Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Boarded window.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Clean, well-lighted place.
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Death in Venice.
Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945. Difference.
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. Garden of forking paths.
Mahfouz, Naguib, 1911-2006. Half a day.
Beattie, Ann. Janus.
James, Henry, 1843-1916. Jolly corner.
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Man who was almost a man.
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918- One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich.
Taylor, Peter, 1917-1994. Spinster's tale.
Pushkin, Alexander Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Stationmaster.
Tan, Amy. Two kinds.
Gilchrist, Ellen, 1935- Victory over Japan.
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. Wall.
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 9780787636098
0787636096

 
    
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