short story

Profiles more than four hundred authors of short fiction from around the world, presenting biographical and bibliographic information and summaries of major works. Also includes a reference volume with a chronology; a bibliography; lists of major award winners; twenty-nine essays on short-fiction history, theory, and world cultures; and three indexes.

A guide to twenty-one short stories that provides an introduction to each story and its author, plot summaries, descriptions of important characters, analysis of important themes, and historical and critical essays.

Profiles several short story writers and short stories often studied in high schools and colleges, presenting biographical and bibliographical information and several selections of significant criticism on each figure and work included.

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.

Profiles sixteen short stories--and their authors--often studied in high schools and colleges, presenting biographical and bibliographical information and several selections of significant criticism on each work included. Authors include Zora Neale Hurston, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Walker, and Ernest Hemingway.

A guide to twenty classic short stories, providing an introduction to each story and its author, plot summaries, descriptions of important characters, analysis of important themes, an explanation of literary techniques and movements, and historical and critical essays.

Contains articles that provide information on fourteen 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 fifteen short stories, providing an introduction to each story and its author, plot summaries, descriptions of important characters, analysis of important themes, and historical and critical essays.

A guide to seventeen classic short stories, providing an introduction to each story and its author, plot summaries, descriptions of important characters, analysis of important themes, and historical and critical essays.

Short Story Criticism, volume 32.