| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 185 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Small in a way that a bullet is small": reflections on writing short stories / A.L. Kennedy -- The short story: what is it exactly, what do we want to do with it, and how do we intend to do it? / John Beevers -- The whole story: the contemporary short story in sequence / Lucy Collins & Kathy Flann -- Notes towards the definition of the short-short story / Ashley Chantler -- How the listener was lured in: what makes a good crime short story? / Joanne Reardon -- East, West, and harmony: the short story as a space for translation / Jenni Ramone -- Reflected images: Calvino, Borges and writing a short story / Elizabeth Ingrams -- Anita Desai's "The rooftop dwellers": an alternative subaltern history / Karen D'Souza -- Treasure from the colonial past : a reading of Sir Frank Swettenham's "A silhouette" and "A mezzotint" / Mohamad Rashidi Pakri -- The subversive Cinderella: power dynamics and cultural imperialism in the short stories of Dorothy Edwards / Claire Flay -- The novelist on holiday: Martin Amis and the short story / Michael Great Britainney -- Ray Bradbury: the martian storyteller / Andrew Oldham -- Japanese female sadism: a comparative reading of Junichiro Tanizaki's "Tattoo" and Hitomi Kanehara's "Snakes and earrings" / Reuben Walsh -- Oh, whistle and I"ll come to you, my lad / Helen Newall. |
| Summary |
Long regarded as an undervalued and marginalised genre, the short story is undergoing a renaissance. The Short Story celebrates its unique appeal. Practitioners and scholars address the issues facing short story criticism in the 21st century. Author A.L. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Short story.
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Short story. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cox, Ailsa.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short story. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008 9781847186690 (OCoLC)239844451 |
| ISBN |
9781443807524 (electronic book) |
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1443807524 (electronic book) |
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9781847186690 |
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1847186696 |
| Standard No. |
9786612191251 |
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