short story

Contains articles that provide information about fifteen 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.

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

A guide to twelve short stories for students, each including an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, character profiles, analysis of important themes, an explanation of literary technqiues and movements, and historical and critical essays.

Profiles fourteen commonly studied short stories by authors including Richard Yates, Julian Barnes, Deborah Eisenberg, and others, providing plot summaries, author biographies, analysis, historical context, and criticism for each.

Presents profiles of thirteen short stories by writers such as Elizabeth Bowen, Saul Bellow, Rudyard Kipling, and others, providing story texts and summaries, author biographies, criticism excerpts, and discussion of theme, style, and historical context.

Profiles fourteen commonly studied short stories by such authors as Isak Dinesen, Ann Beattie, and Bobbie Ann Mason, providing plot summaries, author biographies, analysis, historical context, and criticism for each, as well as research ideas and lists of media adaptations.

Profiles fourteen commonly studied short stories by such authors as Flannery O'Connor, Jane Smiley, and Zora Neale Hurston, providing plot summaries, author biographies, analysis, historical context, and criticism for each, as well as research ideas and lists of media adaptations.

A guide to fifteen short fiction stories, providing an introduction to each story and its author, plot summaries, descriptions of important characters, analyses of significant themes, explanations of literary techniques and movements, and historical and critical essays.

Profiles fourteen commonly studied short stories by such authors as Annie Proulx, Katherine Anne Porter, and Raymond Carver, providing plot summaries, author biographies, analysis, historical context, and criticism for each, as well as research ideas and lists of media adaptations.

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.