Akers, Tim

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Contains articles that provide information about twenty short stories for students, each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of important characters, analysis of main themes, an explanation of literary techniques and movements, and historical and critical essays.

A guide to seventeen short stories, providing an introduction to each story and its author, plot summaries, descriptions of important characters, analyses of primary themes, explanations of literary techniques and movements, and historical and critical essays.