The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice

by Charles E. May

Book Overview

The short story is one of the most difficult types of prose to write and one of the most pleasurable to read. From Boccaccio's Decameron to The Collected Stories of Reynolds Price, Charles May gives us an understanding of the history and structure of this demanding form of fiction. Beginning with a general history of the genre, he moves on to focus on the nineteenth-century when the modern short story began to come into focus. From there he moves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041593883X
• ISBN13: 9780415938839
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"