A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English

A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English
ISBN-10
1135976295
ISBN-13
9781135976293
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
464
Language
English
Published
2013-10-31
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Erin Fallon, R.C. Feddersen, James Kurtzleben

Description

Although the short story has existed in various forms for centuries, it has particularly flourished during the last hundred years. Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English includes alphabetically-arranged entries for 50 English-language short story writers from around the world. Most of these writers have been active since 1960, and they reflect a wide range of experiences and perspectives in their works. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes biography, a review of existing criticism, a lengthier analysis of specific works, and a selected bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The volume begins with a detailed introduction to the short story genre and concludes with an annotated bibliography of major works on short story theory.

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