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Contemporary American Short Story, The by Nguyen, Bich, Shreve, Porter
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- 9780321117274
- EAN
- 9780321117274
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pearson Education
ISBN-10
0321117271
ISBN-13
9780321117274
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30430578
Product Key Features
Book Title
Contemporary American Short Story
Number of Pages
672 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Fiction, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
26.1 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2003-058110
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
813/.0108054
Table Of Content
Preface to Instructors. Introduction. Short Stories. Sherman Alexie, "Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' at Woodstock." Dorothy Allison, "River of Names." Margaret Atwood, "Happy Endings." Toni Cade Bambara, "The Lesson." Andrea Barrett, "The Littoral Zone." John Barth, "Lost in the Funhouse." Donald Barthelme, "The School." Richard Bausch, "The Man Who Knew Belle Star." Charles Baxter, "Gryphon." Ann Beattie, "Janus." Gina Berriault, "The Birthday Party." Raymond Carver, "Cathedral." John Cheever, "The Swimmer." Sandra Cisneros, "The Monkey Garden." Peter Ho Davies, "The Hull Case." Junot Díaz, "Fiesta, 1980." Andre Dubus, "The Fat Girl." Stuart Dybek, "Pet Milk." Nathan Englander, "In This Way We Are Wise." Louise Erdrich, "The Red Convertible." Carolyn Ferrell, "Proper Library." Richard Ford, "Communist." Karen Joy Fowler, "The Elizabeth Complex." Pam Houston, "How to Talk to a Hunter." Gish Jen, "In the American Society." Ha Jin, "The Woman from New York." Charles Johnson, "Menagerie: A Child''s Fable." Denis Johnson, "Emergency." Jamaica Kincaid, "Girl." Jhumpa Lahiri, "The Third and Final Continent." David Leavitt, "Gravity." Andrea Lee, "Brothers and Sisters Around the World." Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Bernard Malamud, "The Jewbird." James Alan McPherson, "Of Cabbages and Kings." Bobbie Ann Mason, "Shiloh." David Means, "What They Did." Lorrie Moore, "Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People." Bharati Mukherjee, "The Management of Grief." Alice Munro, "The Turkey Season." Joyce Carol Oates, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Tim O''Brien, "The Things They Carried." Flannery O''Connor, "Everything That Rises Must Converge." Grace Paley, "Wants." Jayne Anne Phillips, "Satisfaction." Mark Richard, "Strays." George Saunders, "My Flamboyant Grandson." Akhil Sharma, "Surrounded by Sleep." Leslie Marmon Silko, "Yellow Woman." Susan Sontag, "The Way We Live Now." John Updike, "Here Come the Maples." Helena Maria Viramontes, "The Moths." Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., "Harrison Bergeron." Alice Walker, "Everyday Use." John Edgar Wideman, "newborn thrown in trash and dies." Tobias Wolff, "The Rich Brother." Appendix I: Author Commentaries. Sherman Alexie, " The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me." Dorothy Allison, "Context." John Barth, "A Few Words About Minimalism." Richard Bausch, "Dear Writer." Raymond Carver, "On Writing." Charles Baxter, From "Burning Down the House." Jamaica Kincaid, "Those Words That Echo...Echo...Echo...Through Life." Bharati Mukherjee, "A 400-Year-Old Woman." Alice Munro, "What Is Real?" Joyce Carol Oates, "Why Is Your Writing So Violent?" Flannery O''Conner, "The Nature and Aim of Fiction." Appendix II: Chronological Table of Contents. Appendix III: Stories Grouped by Elements, Subjects, and Themes. Appendix IV: Glossary.
Synopsis
This comprehensive anthology of contemporary American short fiction focuses on the story and its context from 1960 to the present. A special Introduction discusses the elements of tone, point of view, character, etc. and ideas such as realism and postmodernism. The over 50 stories featured in Nguyen and Shreve's anthology range in style from the traditional narrative to experimental forms. Classic stories are juxtaposed with newer, emerging voices. The stories featured are thematically diverse as well, addressing issues of family and culture, love and loss, ethnicity and gender. 1, Key Benefit: This comprehensive anthology of contemporary American short fiction focuses on the story and its context from 1960 to the present. A special Introduction discusses the elements of tone, point of view, character, etc. and ideas such as realism and postmodernism. Key Topics: The over 50 stories featured in Nguyen and Shreve's anthology range in style from the traditional narrative to experimental forms. Classic stories are juxtaposed with newer, emerging voices. The stories featured are thematically diverse as well, addressing issues of family and culture, love and loss, ethnicity and gender. Market: Anyone interested in the rich array of contemporary American short stories., This comprehensive anthology of contemporary American short fiction focuses on the story and its context from 1960 to the present. The over 50 stories featured in Nguyen and Shreve's anthology range in style from the traditional narrative to experimental forms. Classic stories are juxtaposed with newer, often unexpected voices. The stories are thematically diverse as well, addressing issues of family and culture, love and loss, ethnicity and gender.
LC Classification Number
PS648.S5C73 2004
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