American short fiction
Subtitle: readings and criticism
By: edited by James K. Bowen [and] Richard Van Der Beets. With a foreword by Lewis Leary.
Contributors: Van Der Beets, Richard, joint comp.
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
Subjects: Short stories, American; Short stories, American -- History and criticism; United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Table of contents: title: Readings and abstracts of criticism: Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving. Ligeia, by E. A. Poe. My kinsman, Major Molineux, by N. Hawthorne. Bartleby the scrivener, by H. Melville. The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County, by M. Twain. The real thing, by H. James. The blue hotel, by S. Crane. To build a fire, by J. London. An occurrence at Owl Creek bridge, by A. Bierce. Death in the woods, by S. Anderson. The killers, by E. Hemingway. A rose for Emily, by W. Faulkner. Flowering Judas, by K. A. Porter. Ways and means, by L. Hughes. A good man is hard to find, by F. O'Connor. The magic barrel, by B. Malamud. A & P, by J. Updike.; title: Matching stories for comparison and independent analysis: The stout gentleman, by W. Irving. William Wilson, by E. A. Poe. Drowne's wooden image, by N. Hawthorne. The lightning-rod man, by H. Melville. A true story, by M. Twain. The real right thing, by H. James. The men in the storm, by S. Crane. The law of life, by J. London. The boarded window, by A. Bierce. Paper pills, by S. Anderson. The long way out, by F. S. Fitzgerald. Shingles for the Lord, by W. Faulkner. Rope, by K. A. Porter. On the road, by L. Hughes. A late encounter with the enemy, by F. O'Connor. The prison, by B. Malamud. Lifeguard, by J. Updike.; title: Biographical notes (p. 449-454).