The Cambridge introduction to the short story in English / Adrian Hunter.
Hunter, Adrian, 1971-
2007
PR829 .H86 2007 (Mapit)
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Title The Cambridge introduction to the short story in English / Adrian Hunter.
Author Hunter, Adrian, 1971-
ISBN 9780521681124 (pbk.)
052168112X (pbk.)
9780521862592
0521862590
Publication Details Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Language English
Description vii, 202 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number PR829 .H86 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 823.0109
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."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Cambridge introductions to literature.
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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.

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