The American Short Story since 1950 offers a reappraisal and
contextualisation of a critically underrated genre during a
particularly rich period in its history. It offers new readings of
important stories by key writers including Flannery O'Connor, John
Cheever, Donald Barthelme, Raymond Carver, Lorrie Moore and Grace
Paley. These readings are related throughout to the various
contexts in which stories are written and published, including
creative writing schools, story-writing handbooks, mass market and
'little' magazines. A long introduction tells the story of the
American short story before 1950. The first four chapters are
roughly chronological, covering the major trends (such as realism,
fabulism and minimalism) in short fiction from the 1950s to 2000.
The fifth explores the implications for the short story of its
association with creative writing education. The sixth deals with
the short story sequence since 1950. A conclusion surveys the state
of short fiction today. Key Features *explores a particularly rich
period in the history of the short story *offers close-readings of
important stories by major writers including Flannery O'Connor,
John Cheever, William Gass, Donald Barthelme, Raymond Carver, Denis
Johnson, Junot Diaz, Edward P. Jones, Grace Paley, Sherman Alexie,
David Foster Wallace, Gish Jen, Lorrie Moore, David Bezmozgis and
Lydia Davis * draws on previously unpublished interviews with many
of these writers *explores the contexts in which stories are
written and published, including story-writing handbooks, mass
market and 'little' magazines, creative writing workshops
*considers the short story in relation to a variety of literary
modes and trends such as realism, metafiction and minimalism, and
to other forms, especially the novel and the lyric poem
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