Screen LibraryThe American short story handbook /
"This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin's "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker" in 1747 to "The Jo...
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Wiley Blackwell,
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| Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley Blackwell literature handbooks
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| Summary: |
"This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin's "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker" in 1747 to "The Joy Luck Club". Includes a selection of writers chosen not only for their contributions of individual stories but for bodies of work that advanced the boundaries of short fiction, including Washington Irving, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, Jamaica Kincaid, and Tim O'Brien Addresses the ways in which American oral storyte "The Handbook of the American Short Story is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the topic that is designed to illuminate an important literary genre that has been given short scholarly shrift over the last century"-- |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 315 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780470655412 0470655410 9780470655429 0470655429 |
| Index Number: | PS374 |
| CLC: | I712.074 |
| Call Number: | I712.074/N147-1 |