Great American Short Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series): From Hawthorne to Hemingway

by Corinne Demas and Various

Book Overview

&&LIGreat American Short Stories: From Hawthorne to Hemingway &&L/Iis part of the &&LI&&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I &&L/Iseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/Ipulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.&&L/I&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" &&L/P&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"Uniquely capable of capturing a moment in time, the short story occupies a cherished place in the history of American literature. During the last 200 years, some of this nation's greatest writers have produced outstanding examples of this art form, many of which are included in this collection.&&LBR&&LBRBeginning with well-known stories by Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe, this diverse and colorful collection includes tales by Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Sherwood Anderson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Stephen Crane, and Mary Wilkins Freeman. From Sarah Orne Jewett's portraits of rural Maine to F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant tales from the Jazz Age, these stories span the breadth of the American experience. In addition to acknowledged masters of the short story form, such as O. Henry, Jack London, and Ernest Hemingway, this volume features stories by Charles W. Chesnutt, the first important African-American novelist, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a leading theorist of the early women's movement.&&LBR&&L/P&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&LSTRONGCorinne Demas&&L/B &&L/Bis Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College and a fiction editor of the &&LIMassachusetts Review&&L/I. She has a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. She is the author of two collections of short stories, two novels, a memoir, and numerous books for children. &&L/P

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593080867
• ISBN13: 9781593080860
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

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