| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 202 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Cambridge introductions to literature
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Cambridge introductions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-196) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. The Nineteenth Century -- Introduction: Publishers, plots and prestige -- 1. Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy; 2. Rudyard Kipling and Joseph Conrad -- 3. The Yellow Book circle and the 1890s avant-garde -- Part II. The Modernist Short Story -- Introduction: 'Complete with missing parts' -- 4. James Joyce -- 5. Virginia Woolf -- 6. Katherine Mansfield -- 7. Samuel Beckett -- Part III. Post-Modernist Stories -- Introduction: Theories of form -- 8. Frank O'Connor and Sean O'Faolain -- 9. Elizabeth Bowen and V.S. Pritchett -- 10. Angela Carter and Ian McEwan -- Part IV. Post-colonial and Other Stories -- Introduction: A 'minor' literature? -- 11. Frank Sargeson and Marjorie Barnard -- 12. James Kelman and Chinua Achebe -- 13. Alice Munro. |
| Summary |
"The short story has become an increasingly important genre since the mid-nineteenth century. This book examines the development of the short story in Britain and other English-language literature, providing a chronological survey of the form, usefully grouping writers to show the development of the genre over time. Starting with Dickens and Kipling, the chapters cover key authors from the past two centuries and up to the present day. The focus on form, literary history and cultural context, together with the highlighting of the greatest short stories and their authors, make this an informative overview for all students of English literature."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Short stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Short stories, English. |
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Short stories, English -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism.
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English-speaking countries. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, English.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hunter, Adrian, 1971- Cambridge introduction to the short story in English. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521862592 (DLC) 2008296001 (OCoLC)154706388 |
| ISBN |
9781139129305 (electronic book) |
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1139129309 (electronic book) |
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9780511504082 (electronic book) |
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051150408X (electronic book) |
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9780511611360 (electronic book) |
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0511611366 (electronic book) |
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9780521862592 |
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0521862590 |
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9780521681124 |
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052168112X |
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