short story

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

Presents an encyclopedic view of the literary elements of the short story, as well as famous American short story authors and notable works.

Provides a critical analysis of four short stories by Ernest Hemingway and includes biographical information, plot summaries, critical essays, and discussion of the stories' major themes and ideas.

Presents biographical information about author Shirley Jackson, and provides analyses of three of her short stories, each with a plot summary, list of characters, and a selection of critical commentary.

A guide to twenty-one 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.

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 about fifteen 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 twelve short stories for students, each including an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, character profiles, analysis of important themes, an explanation of literary technqiues and movements, and historical and critical essays.

Profiles fourteen commonly studied short stories by authors including Richard Yates, Julian Barnes, Deborah Eisenberg, and others, providing plot summaries, author biographies, analysis, historical context, and criticism for each.

Presents profiles of thirteen short stories by writers such as Elizabeth Bowen, Saul Bellow, Rudyard Kipling, and others, providing story texts and summaries, author biographies, criticism excerpts, and discussion of theme, style, and historical context.