Short stories for students
Subtitle: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories
By: Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden
Series: Gale virtual reference library
Publisher: Gale
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781414449593; 9781414421865
Subjects: Short story; Study and teaching (Higher); Study and teaching (Secondary); Deux amis (Maupassant, Guy de); Short stories (Tolstoy, Leo, graf)
Description: Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.
Table of contents: title: Amigo brothers  -- by Piri Thomas; title: The bass, the river, and Sheila Mant  -- by W.D. Wetherell; title: Day of the butterfly  -- by Alice Munro; title: Federigo's falcon  -- by Giovanni Boccaccio; title: The first year of my life  -- by Muriel Spark; title: Games at twilight  -- by Anita Desai; title: The golden kite, the silver wind  -- by Ray Bradbury; title: House taken over  -- by Julio Cortazar; title: How much land does a man need?  -- by Leo Tolstoy; title: Marigolds  -- by Eugenia W. Collier; title: The medicine bag  -- by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve; title: A mystery of heroism  -- by Stephen Crane; title: Once upon a time  -- by Nadine Gordimer; title: Two friends -- by Guy de Maupassant.