The short story is one of the most difficult types of prose to write and one of the most pleasurable to read. From Boccaccio's Decameron to The Collected Stories of Reynolds Price, Charles May gives us an understanding of the history and structure of this demanding form of fiction. Beginning with a general history of the genre, he moves on to focus on the nineteenth-century when the modern short story began to come into focus. From there he moves on to later nineteenth-century realism and early twentieth-century formalism and finally to the modern renaissance of the form that shows no signs of abating. A chronology of significant events, works and figures from the genre's history, notes and references and an extensive bibliographic essay with recommended reading round out the volume.

The short story (Genres in Context)

Literature & Fiction

May, Charles

History & Criticism

Routledge

Fiction's Many Worlds features 142 diverse stories and a framework for their study. These highly teachable stories clearly illustrate central characteristics of fiction and are thematically and structurally complex enough to encourage close analysis. Many of the stories are brief, facilitating in-class study and discussion.

Fiction's Many Worlds

Arts & Photography

Wadsworth Publishing

The Pioneers of Nashville, and of Tennessee: What They Were; Where They Came From; how They got There; What They Achieved; one Hundred Years ago; a ... of This Commonwealth in 1780, to Which is Add

History

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The Pioneers Of Nashville, And Of Tennessee (1880)

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The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice (Genres in Context)

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