short story

Studies the short fiction of American contemporary author Tobias Wolff, examining the influence of his parentage, schooling, Vietnam service, and academic career on his writings, presenting biographical information, and offering a critical interpretation of his work.

This volume includes an introduction to the short story and the author, a plot summary, analysis of themes, a critical essay, and more.

This volume includes an introduction to the short story and the author, a plot summary, analysis of themes, a critical essay, and more.

This volume includes an introduction to the short story and the author, a plot summary, analysis of themes, a critical essay, and more.

Contains entries that provide information about fourteen short stories, covering the plot, characters, themes, style, and historical context of each, with an author biography, critical overview, selection of criticism, list of sources, and suggestions for further reading. Includes works by Julia Alvarez, Italo Calvino, O. Henry, Walter Dean Myers, and others.

Contains entries that provide information about fourteen short stories, covering the plot, characters, themes, style, and historical context of each story, with an author biography, critical overview, selection of criticism, list of sources, and suggestions for further reading. Includes works by Jane Yolen, Langston Hughes, Alan Paton, and others.

Provides a detailed, comprehensive, logical, step-by-step method for imagining, creating, and revising short stories, and includes questions and examples writers may use to gauge their progress.

An anthology of critical essays that provide a wide range of information and opinion about nineteenth-century American author Edgar Allan Poe and his short stories.