Classic American Short Stories
By: selected and introduced by Douglas Grant.
Contributors: Grant, Douglas.
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780192826855
Subjects: Short stories, American; United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Other titles: American short stories.
Description: Few would disagree with Douglas'Grant's assertion, expressed in his introduction to this selection, that 'the American short story is one of the most distinct and important modern branches of the form'. These fourteen tales, each in its way significant and influential, have been chosen to provide a round introduction to the art and tradition of the short story as it was developed and extended in the hands of the Americans.  --back cover
Notes: Rev. ed. of: American short stories. 1965.