The Norton Introduction to Fiction
By: [compiled by] Jerome Beaty.
Contributors: Beaty, Jerome, 1924-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 646
ISBN-13: 9780393951561
Copyright date: 1981
Subjects: Fiction -- Collections
Other titles: Fiction.
Description: The Norton Introduction to Fiction is both an anthology and a textbook— a "teaching anthology "—for college students beginning their study of fiction.

Of the 44 stories, 7 brief narratives, and 2 short novels, all the narratives, one of the short novels, and fully 30 of the stories are new to this edition. Among these are deservedly familiar stories and authors, as well as ones that rouse the quickening thrill of discovery. from Edgar Allan Poe and James Joyce to Gabriel Garcia Mårquez and Alice Munro. The narratives include tales from American Indians and Eskimos and from Africa, China, and the Middle East.

The book begins with questions of craft—the so-called elements of fiction—such as plot, characterization, and theme. Then stories are grouped by kind (initiation stories) and mode (fantasy stories). The non- Western narratives help by contrast to define the short story as a genre. Finally, stories are placed in broader contexts: an author's oeuvre, a particular literary tradition, and historical or cultural setting. Each chapter is introduced by a discussion of basic concepts necessary for taking or writing about fiction, and each selection is annotated to help readers understand and appreciate the story, but never to dictate a mean- ing or response.

Since the study of the short story leads almost inevitably to the study of the novel, two short novels are included: Heart of Darkness and Doris Lessing's The Temptation of Jack Orkney. These are introduced by "A Preface to the Novel," which discusses the difference between reading a short story and a novel, and which offers a brief history of the novel as a context for reading.
Notes: Second ed. of: Fiction, 1973.
Table of contents: title: Foreword to the Second Edition
pagenum: xxi; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xxiii; title: The Zebra Storyteller
pagenum: 3; title: A Preface to Fiction
pagenum: 4; title: Elements
pagenum: 7; label: 1
title: Plot
pagenum: 7; title: The Cask of Amontillado
pagenum: 12; title: The Most Dangerous Game
pagenum: 17; title: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
pagenum: 32; label: 2
title: Focus and Voice
pagenum: 55; title: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
pagenum: 59; title: The Lottery
pagenum: 66; title: The Summer My Grandmother Was Supposed to Die
pagenum: 72; label: 3
title: Characterization
pagenum: 83; title: The Egg
pagenum: 88; title: My Man Bovanne
pagenum: 95; title: Our Friend Judith
pagenum: 100; label: 4
title: Symbols
pagenum: 113; title: Young Goodman Brown
pagenum: 117; title: The Artificial Nigger
pagenum: 127; label: 5
title: Theme
pagenum: 142; title: Her First Ball
pagenum: 146; title: The Lady with the Dog
pagenum: 151; title: Kinds and Modes
pagenum: 163; label: 6
title: A Kind: Initiation
pagenum: 163; title: Araby
pagenum: 165; title: Boys and Girls
pagenum: 169; title: O Yes
pagenum: 180; title: The Old People
pagenum: 191; label: 7
title: A Mode: Fantasy
pagenum: 204; title: Hide and Seek
pagenum: 207; title: The Garden of Forking Paths
pagenum: 215; title: Dotson Gerber Resurrected
pagenum: 223; title: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
pagenum: 234; label: 8
title: The Short Story and Other Narratives
pagenum: 239; title: The Great Mosquito
pagenum: 242; title: A Human Kayak
pagenum: 243; title: What a Little Thing Did
pagenum: 246; title: The Brigand and the Sage
pagenum: 250; title: King Mu and the Wizard
pagenum: 254; title: from The Way to Rainy Mountain
pagenum: 256; title: from The Thousand Nights and a Night
pagenum: 260; title: Contexts
pagenum: 269; label: 9
title: The Author's Work
pagenum: 269; title: Odour of Chrysanthemums
pagenum: 274; title: The Horse Dealer's Daughter
pagenum: 284; title: The Rocking-Horse Winner
pagenum: 301; title: Passages from Essays and Letters
pagenum: 312; label: 10
title: Tradition
pagenum: 318; title: The Horse-Swap
pagenum: 320; title: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
pagenum: 326; title: Spotted Horses
pagenum: 330; label: 11
title: Setting
pagenum: 344; title: Beyond the Bayou
pagenum: 346; title: Babylon Revisited
pagenum: 350; title: Sonny's Blues
pagenum: 366; label: Stories for Further Reading
pagenum: 389; title: Mrs. Yardley's Quilting
pagenum: 389; title: Bartleby, the Scrivener
pagenum: 395; title: The Tree of Knowledge
pagenum: 422; title: The Adventure of the Speckled Band
pagenum: 432; title: A Hunger Artist
pagenum: 451; title: Tanhum
pagenum: 457; title: The Country Husband
pagenum: 466; title: Train Whistle Guitar
pagenum: 484; title: A Conversation with My Father
pagenum: 497; title: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
pagenum: 501; title: The Kugelmass Episode
pagenum: 506; title: The Lady with the Pet Dog
pagenum: 515; label: The Novel
pagenum: 529; title: A Preface to the Novel
pagenum: 529; title: Heart of Darkness
pagenum: 537; title: The Temptation of Jack Orkney
pagenum: 600