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Reading the Short Story

A Student's Guide to Selected British, Irish and American Works

Anna Wing-bo Tso author Scarlett Lee author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:11th Nov '19

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Beginning with a brief history and evolution of the short story genre, alongside an overview of the key short story writers, and an explanatory chapter of literary criticism, this book aims to give readers insight into the works by canonical British, Irish, and American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, and more. Applying close reading skills and critical literary approaches to twelve selected short stories in English, this work conducts comparative analyses to reveal the interrelationships between the texts, the authors, the readers, and the sociocultural contexts. Developed and tested in literature classes at university over several semesters, this book addresses key issues, topics and trends in the short story genre.

ISBN: 9781476673981

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm

Weight: 286g

205 pages