Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction

For Introduction to the Short Story and Introduction to Fiction.
A collection of carefully chosen, interesting stories with literary merit, the best-selling text-anthologyFiction 100 continues to offer instructors the flexibility to organize their courses in a format that best suits their pedagogical needs. Intended to ignite students' curiosity, imagination, and intelligence, these selections represent a wide variety of subject matter, theme, literary technique, and style. International in scope, it illustrates the development of short fiction from the early 19th century to the present day, and features 128 traditional and contemporary works organized alphabetically by author.

Literature & Fiction

Pickering, James

History & Criticism

Pearson

For Introduction to the Short Story and Introduction to Fiction. A collection of carefully chosen, interesting stories with literary merit, the best-selling text-anthology Fiction 100 continues to offer instructors the flexibility to organize their courses in a format that best suits their pedagogical needs. Intended to ignite students' curiosity, imagination, and intelligence, these selections represent a wide variety of subject matter, theme, literary technique, and style. International in scope, it illustrates the development of short fiction from the early 19th century to the present day, and features 128 traditional and contemporary works organized alphabetically by author.

This one hundred page guide introduces students to the various elements of fiction, and includes information on writing about the short story. Based on current composition theory, students are taken through the various stages of the writing process, beginning with brainstorming and free writing activities, and they can read papers that beginning students have written over the years. This guide also includes information on quotation and documentation, a brief overview of additional resources available for studying the short story, including those on the Internet, and a list of the available film adaptations of stories in the anthology.

Reader's Guide for Fiction 100: A Anthology of Short Fiction

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Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction

Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction

Reader's Guide for Fiction 100: A Anthology of Short Fiction

World Music (Sound Trackers)

Mighty Machines

Mighty Machines: Questions and Answers (Discovery Kids)

Mighty Machines

Chart Toppers: The Great Performers of Popular Music Over the Last 50 Years