A Companion to the American Short Story (Paperback)

A COMPANION TO THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY A Companion to the American Short Story traces the development of this versatile literary genre over the past two centuries. Written by leading critics in the field, and edited by two major scholars, it explores a wide range of writers, from Edgar Allen Poe and Edith Wharton, at the end of the nineteenth century to important modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Richard Wright. Contributions with a broader focus address groups of multiethnic, Asian, and Jewish writers. Each chapter places the short story into context, focusing on the interaction of cultural forces and aesthetic principles. The Companion takes account of cutting edge approaches to literary studies and contributes to the ongoing redefinition of the American canon, embracing genres such as ghost and detective fiction, cycles of interrelated short fiction, and comic, social and political stories. The volume also reflects the diverse communities that have adopted this literary form and made it their own, featuring entries on a variety of feminist and multicultural traditions. This volume presents an important new consideration of the role of the short story in the literary history of American literature.

General

Imprint:	Wiley-Blackwell
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2020
Authors:	A Bendixen
Dimensions:	242 x 172 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	536
ISBN-13:	978-1-119-68564-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	1-119-68564-8
Barcode:	9781119685647

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