The American Short Story Handbook (Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks)

This Is A Concise Yet Comprehensive Treatment Of The American Short Story That Includes An Historical Overview Of The Topic As Well As Discussion Of Notable American Authors And Individual Stories, From Benjamin Franklin's The Speech Of Miss Polly Baker In 1747 To The Joy Luck Club. Includes A Selection Of Writers Chosen Not Only For Their Contributions Of Individual Stories But For Bodies Of Work That Advanced The Boundaries Of Short Fiction, Including Washington Irving, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, Jamaica Kincaid, And Tim O'brien Addresses The Ways In Which American Oral Storytelling And Other Narrative Traditions Were Integral To The Formation And Flourishing Of The Short Story Genre Written In Accessible And Engaging Prose For Students At All Levels By A Renowned Literary Scholar To Illuminate An Important Genre That Has Received Short Shrift In Scholarly Literature Of The Last Century Includes A Glossary Defining The Most Common Terms Used In Literary History And In Critical Discussions Of Fiction, And A Bibliography Of Works For Further Study -- The Handbook Of The American Short Story Is A Concise Yet Comprehensive Treatment Of The Topic That Is Designed To Illuminate An Important Literary Genre That Has Been Given Short Scholarly Shrift Over The Last Century-- James Nagel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 Part 1 Introduction......Page 11 Part 2 Historical Overview of the American Short Story......Page 19 The American Story to Washington Irving......Page 22 The Age of Romanticism......Page 30 Realism and Naturalism......Page 36 American Modernism......Page 49 The Contemporary American Short Story......Page 56 Part 3 Notable Authors of American Short Stories......Page 65 Washington Irving......Page 67 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 71 Edgar Allan Poe......Page 72 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 76 Nathaniel Hawthorne......Page 77 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 80 Herman Melville......Page 81 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 85 Mark Twain......Page 86 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 90 Bret Harte......Page 92 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 95 Henry James......Page 96 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 99 Kate Chopin......Page 101 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 105 Stephen Crane......Page 106 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 110 O. Henry......Page 111 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 114 Sarah Orne Jewett......Page 115 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 118 Charles W. Chesnutt......Page 119 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 123 Willa Cather......Page 125 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 129 F. Scott Fitzgerald......Page 130 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 135 Ernest Hemingway......Page 136 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 141 John Steinbeck......Page 142 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 148 William Faulkner......Page 149 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 153 Jamaica Kincaid......Page 154 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 159 Tim O'Brien......Page 160 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 165 Louise Erdrich......Page 166 Suggestions for Further Study......Page 171 Part 4 Great American Short Stories......Page 173 Benjamin Franklin, "The Speech of Polly Baker"......Page 175 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 177 Ruri Colla, "The Story of the Captain's Wife and an Aged Woman"......Page 178 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 181 Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle"......Page 182 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 185 Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown"......Page 187 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 189 Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado"......Page 190 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 193 Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener"......Page 194 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 197 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, "The Two Offers"......Page 199 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 201 Hamlin Garland, "Under the Lion's Paw"......Page 202 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 204 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"......Page 206 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 211 Henry James, "The Real Thing"......Page 212 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 215 Kate Chopin, "Désirée's Baby"......Page 216 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 219 Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"......Page 220 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 222 Stephen Crane, "The Blue Hotel"......Page 224 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 227 Frank Norris, "A Deal in Wheat"......Page 228 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 231 Edith Wharton, "The Other Two"......Page 232 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 234 Willa Cather, "A Wagner Matinée"......Page 236 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 239 Jack London, "To Build a Fire"......Page 240 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 242 Jean Toomer, "Blood-Burning Moon"......Page 243 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 245 F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Babylon Revisited"......Page 246 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 249 Ernest Hemingway, "Indian Camp"......Page 251 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 253 John Steinbeck, "The Chrysanthemums"......Page 255 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 258 Eudora Welty, "Petrified Man"......Page 259 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 262 William Faulkner, "Barn Burning"......Page 263 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 266 Flannery O'Connor, "The River"......Page 267 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 270 Tillie Olsen, "Help Her to Believe" ["I Stand Here Ironing"]......Page 271 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 273 Raymond Carver, "Cathedral"......Page 275 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 278 Louise Erdrich, "The Red Convertible"......Page 279 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 282 Susan Minot, "Hiding"......Page 283 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 286 Amy Tan, "The Joy Luck Club"......Page 287 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 290 Tim O'Brien, "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"......Page 291 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 294 Jamaica Kincaid, "Columbus in Chains"......Page 295 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 298 Judith Cofer, "Nada"......Page 299 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 301 A Glossary for the Study of the American Short Story......Page 303 Selected Books for Further Study of the American Short Story......Page 313 Index......Page 317 EULA......Page 326 "This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin's "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker" in 1747 to "The Joy Luck Club". Includes a selection of writers chosen not only for their contributions of individual stories but for bodies of work that advanced the boundaries of short fiction, including Washington Irving, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, Jamaica Kincaid, and Tim O'Brien Addresses the ways in which American oral storytelling and other narrative traditions were integral to the formation and flourishing of the short story genre Written in accessible and engaging prose for students at all levels by a renowned literary scholar to illuminate an important genre that has received short shrift in scholarly literature of the last century Includes a glossary defining the most common terms used in literary history and in critical discussions of fiction, and a bibliography of works for further study "-- Provided by publisher "The Handbook of the American Short Story is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the topic that is designed to illuminate an important literary genre that has been given short scholarly shrift over the last century"-- Provided by publisher