Dlb 78: American Short Story Writers, 1880-1910

by Bobby Ellen Kimbel

The three decades covered in this DLB volume demonstrate dramatic changes in the conception of the short story form in America. Remarkable upheavals were taking place in the Western world-shifts in culture and expectations for the future based on the dizzying speed of transformation brought about by the Industrial Revolution. The texture of daily life mirrored these changes, and the new age gave rise to a new literature reflecting its impulses-one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810345560
• ISBN13: 9780810345560
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 360 Pages