The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story
Author: Blanche H. Gelfant
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231504959
Category: Literary Criticism
Page: 952
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Language: en
Pages: 156
Pages: 156
Applies postmodern theory to short fiction, a genre usually subsumed by postmodernists under the category "prose fiction" or "narratology."
Language: en
Pages: 355
Pages: 355
Short Story Theories: A Twenty-First-Century Perspective problematizes different aspects of the renewal and development of the short story. The aim of this collection is to explore the most recent theoretical issues raised by the short story as a genre and to offer theoretical and practical perspectives on the form. Centering
Language: en
Pages: 253
Pages: 253
Here twenty-one interviews (eighteen with contemporary writers and three with scholars of the short story) reveal the demanding and exhilarating requirements the short story imposes upon its practitioners. Although amateurs delight in writing stories, form proves to demand a master touch, like that of the interviewees.
Language: en
Pages: 298
Pages: 298
Demonstrates how postmodernism has affected stylistic and thematic characteristics of the short story genre.
Language: en
Pages: 952
Pages: 952
Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The
