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Examines the theme, characters, plot, style, and technique of more than one hundred nineteenth- and twentieth-century short stories by prominent authors from around the world. This volume includes titles covering Tha-Z.

Examines the theme, characters, plot, style, and technique of more than one hundred nineteenth- and twentieth-century short stories by prominent authors from around the world. This volume includes titles covering Pru-Ter.

Examines the theme, characters, plot, style, and technique of more than one hundred nineteenth- and twentieth-century short stories by prominent authors from around the world. This volume includes titles covering Lon-Pro.

Examines the theme, characters, plot, style, and technique of more than one hundred nineteenth- and twentieth-century short stories by prominent authors from around the world. This volume includes titles covering Gre-Lod.

Examines the theme, characters, plot, style, and technique of more than one hundred nineteenth and twentieth-century short stories by prominent authors from around the world. This volume includes titles covering Cro-Gra.

Examines the theme, characters, plot, style, and technique of more than one hundred nineteenth and twentieth-century short stories by prominent authors from around the world. This volume includes titles covering A-Cri.

Profiles more than four hundred authors of short fiction from around the world, presenting biographical and bibliographic information and summaries of major works. Also includes a reference volume with a chronology; a bibliography; lists of major award winners; twenty-nine essays on short-fiction history, theory, and world cultures; and three indexes.

A guide to twenty classic short stories, providing an introduction to each story and its author, plot summaries, descriptions of important characters, analysis of important themes, an explanation of literary techniques and movements, and historical and critical essays.

Contains articles that provide information on fourteen short stories for students, each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of important characters, analysis of main themes, an explanation of literary techniques and movements, and historical and critical essays.