British short fiction in the early nineteenth century
Subtitle: the rise of the tale
By: by Tim Killick.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780754664130
Subjects: Short stories, English -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Short story; Literary form -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Overview : short fiction in the early nineteenth century; title: Washington Irving : Geoffrey Crayon and the market for short fiction; title: Improving stories : women writers, morality, and short fiction; title: Regionalism and folklore : local stories and traditional forms; title: Conclusion : short fiction in the 1830s.