This volume presents critical views on the most widely studied writers of short fiction. It includes overviews of approximately ten story writers and an historical survey of the critical response to their work.

This volume is part of a series on prominent short-fiction writers. It includes overiews of a number of short story writers (or titles) and a historical survey of the critical response to their work.

Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately four to eight short story writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are: Ralph Ellison James Joyce Philip Roth Mark Twain

Each volume of this text covers eight to ten short story writers. For each text or writer featured, a full range of critical opinion is presented. Recent entries cover Raymond Chandler, Flannery O'Connor, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Luigi Pirandello.