Fiction
Subtitle: A Pocket Anthology
Edition: Seventh edition
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boston, etc.
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9780134053295
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Fiction, collections
Description: A perfect alternative to massive fiction anthologies, this brief, affordable collection of 44 short stories from the past three centuries provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the study of fiction.  Chronologically organized, the anthology includes classic tales from 19th century authors like Hawthorne, Poe, Jewett, and de Maupassant; 20th century gems by Hawthorne, Irving, Poe, Cather, Hurston, Faulkner, O’Connor, and Richard Wright, among others; and admired stories from contemporary authors like Alice Walker, Jamaica Kincaid, Sherman Alexie, and Jhumpa Lahiri–reflecting a diverse range of writers and styles.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Telling of the Tale; title: The Short Story Genre; title: Reading and Analyzing Short Fiction; title: Plot; title: Characterization; title: Point of View; title: Theme; title: Setting; title: Style and Symbol; title: Writing about Short Fiction; title: Fiction; title: indicates stories new to this edition; title: Washington Irving (1783-1859); title: Rip Van Winkle; title: Nathanel Hawthorne (1804-1864); title: The Minister’s Black Veil; title: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849); title: The Cask of Amontillado; title: Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909); title: A White Heron; title: Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893); title: Mother Savage; title: Kate Chopin  (1851-1904); title: The Story of an Hour; title: Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935); title: The Yellow Wallpaper; title: Edith Wharton (1862-1937); title: Roman Fever; title: Willa Cather (1876-1947); title: Paul’s Case; title: James Joyce (1882-1941); title: Araby; title: Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960); title: Sweat; title: William Faulkner (1897-1962); title: A Rose for Emily; title: Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961); title: Up in Michigan; title: Richard Wright (1908-1960); title: The Man Who Was Almost a Man; title: Eudora Welty (1909-2001); title: A Memory; title: John Cheever (1912-1982); title: Reunion; title: Ralph Ellison (1914-1995); title: A Party Down at the Square; title: Shirley Jackson (1919-1965); title: The Lottery; title: Hisaye Yamamoto (B. 1921); title: Seventeen Syllables; title: Grace Paley (B. 1922-2007); title: Wants; title: Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964); title: Everything That Rises Must Converge; title: Richard Yates (1926-1992); title: Doctor Jack-o’-Lantern; title: Gabriel García Márquez (B. 1928); title: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings; title: Ursula K. Le Guin; title: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas; title: Chinua Achebe (B. 1930); title: Dead Men’s Path; title: Alice Munro (B. 1931); title: The Bear Came Over the Mountain; title: Raymond Carver (1938-1988); title: Cathedral; title: Joyce Carol Oates (B. 1938); title: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?; title: Margaret Atwood (B. 1939); title: Happy Endings; title: Bobbie Ann Mason (B. 1940); title: Shiloh; title: Alice Walker (B. 1944); title: Everyday Use; title: Tobias Wolff (B. 1945); title: Hunters in the Snow; title: Tim Gautreaux (B. 1947); title: Waiting for the Evening News; title: Jamaica Kincaid (B. 1949); title: Girl; title: Dagoberto Gilb (B. 1950); title: Look on the Bright Side; title: Sandra Cisneros (B. 1954); title: Woman Hollering Creek; title: Louise Erdrich (B. 1954); title: The Red Convertible; title: Gish Jen (B. 1955); title: In the American Society; title: Lorrie Moore (B. 1957); title: How to Become a Writer; title: Helen Simpson (B. 1959); title: Diary of an Interesting Year; title: Sherman Alexie, (B. 1966); title: This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona; title: Jhumpa :Lahiri (B. 1967); title: A Temporary Matter; title: Susan Perabo (B. 1969); title: The Payoff; title: Appendix: Stories Listed by Form, Genre, and Theme; title: Acknowledgments; title: Index of Critical Terms