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The American Short Story Cycle spans two centuries to tell the history of a genre that includes both major and marginal authors, from Washington Irving through William Faulkner to Jhumpa Lahiri. The short story cycle rose and proliferated because its form compellingly renders the uncertainties that...
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Edinburgh University Press Ltd,
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| Publisher Address: | Edinburgh, Scotland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The American Short Story Cycle spans two centuries to tell the history of a genre that includes both major and marginal authors, from Washington Irving through William Faulkner to Jhumpa Lahiri. The short story cycle rose and proliferated because its form compellingly renders the uncertainties that emerge from the twin pillars of modern America culture: individualism and pluralism. Short story cycles reflect how individuals adapt to change, whether it is the railroad coming to the small town in Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio (1919) or social media revolutionizing language in Jennifer Eg |
| Carrier Form: | v, 194 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-190) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781474423939 1474423930 |
| Index Number: | PS374 |
| CLC: | I712.074 |
| Call Number: | I712.074/S651 |
| Contents: | Introduction : Forming provisional identities -- Locating the short story cycle -- The persistence of place -- Writing time in metaphors -- Tracing new genealogies -- Resisting identity -- Atomic genre -- Coda : Novellas-in-flash and flash cycles. |