Fiction
Subtitle: a pocket anthology
By: edited by R.S. Gwynn.
Contributors: Gwynn, R. S.
Edition: 6th ed.
Series: Penguin academics
Publisher: Pearson/Longman
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780205655137
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Short stories; Short stories, English; Short stories, American
Description: The perfect alternative to longer anthologies, this brief, affordable, and diverse collection of short stories from the past three centuries provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the study of fiction.

In keeping with the objectives of the Penguin Academics series, Fiction: A Pocket Anthology offers a range of widely admired stories from nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century authors in a quality trade-format book at an affordable price.

Why do you need this new edition?
• Thirteen new selections include stories by authors not previously represented in this anthology, as well as different offerings for previously anthologized authors.
• Brand new to this anthology are authors Hisaye Yamamoto, Tim O'Brien, and Sherman Alexie who bring diverse subject matter and styles to the mix.
• New selections from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Kate Chopin, James Joyce, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, Alice Munro, and Lorrie Moore show these admired writers at their best.
Notes: Includes index.
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 Symbolism; title: Writing About Short Fiction; title: Fiction; title: Nathanel Hawthorne (1804-1864); title: Young Goodman Brown; title: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849); title: The Tell-Tale Heart; 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: Désirée’s Baby; title: Anton Chekhov (1860-1904); title: The Lady with the Pet Dog; 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: Eveline; title: William Faulkner (1897-1962); title: Barn Burning; title: Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986); title: The Secret Miracle; title: Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961); title: Hills Like White Elephants; title: Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960); title: Sweat; title: John Steinbeck (1902-1968); title: The Chrysanthemums; title: Richard Wright (1908-1960); title: The Man Who Was Almost a Man; title: Eudora Welty (1909-2001); title: A Worn Path; title: John Cheever (1912-1982); title: Reunion; title: Ralph Ellison (1914-1995); title: A Party Down at the Square; title: Grace Paley (B. 1922); title: Wants; title: Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964); title: Good Country People; 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: J. G. Ballard (B. 1930); title: Time of Passage; title: Donald Barthelme (1931-1989); title: The Genius; title: Alice Munro (B. 1931); title: How I Met My Husband; title: Andre Dubus (1936-1999); title: The Fat Girl; title: Joyce Carol Oates (B. 1938); title: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?; title: Raymond Carver (1938-1988); title: Cathedral; 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: Tim Gautreaux (B. 1947); title: Died and Gone to Vegas; 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 Talk to Your Mother (Notes); title: Daniel Orozco (b. 1960); title: Orientation; title: Appendix: The Forms of the Short Story; title: Acknowledgments; title: Index of Critical Terms