Short Stories for Students

by Milne, Ira Mark; Barden, Thomas E.

• ISBN13: 9780787670320
• ISBN10: 0787670324
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-17
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

Each bi-annual volume presents vital information on approximately 15 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Titles featured in vol. 24 of Short Stories for Students include: "Melon" by Julian Barnes "The English Pupil" by Andrea Barrett "Immortality" by Yiyun Li "What We Cannot Speak About We Must Pass Over in Silence" by John Edgar Wideman "The Canal" by Richard Yates

Table of Contents

Guest Foreword: ``Why Study Literature At All?''	ix
Thomas E. Barden
Introduction	xi
Literary Chronology	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Contributors	xix
The Canal	1	(27)
Richard Yates
Author Biography	2	(1)
Plot Summary	2	(1)
Characters	3	(2)
Themes	5	(2)
Style	7	(1)
Historical Context	8	(1)
Critical Overview	9	(1)
Criticism	10	(17)
Further Reading	27	(1)
The English Pupil	28	(21)
Andrea Barrett
Author Biography	28	(1)
Plot Summary	29	(2)
Characters	31	(2)
Themes	33	(1)
Style	34	(1)
Historical Context	34	(2)
Critical Overview	36	(1)
Criticism	36	(11)
Further Reading	47	(2)
Fish	49	(23)
Jill McCorkle
Author Biography	49	(1)
Plot Summary	50	(2)
Characters	52	(1)
Themes	53	(1)
Style	54	(1)
Historical Context	55	(1)
Critical Overview	56	(1)
Criticism	56	(15)
Further Reading	71	(1)
The Good Doctor	72	(19)
Adam Haslett
Author Biography	72	(1)
Plot Summary	73	(2)
Characters	75	(1)
Themes	76	(2)
Style	78	(1)
Historical Context	79	(1)
Critical Overview	80	(1)
Criticism	81	(8)
Further Reading	89	(2)
Great Day	91	(22)
David Malouf
Author Biography	91	(1)
Plot Summary	92	(1)
Characters	93	(2)
Themes	95	(1)
Style	95	(1)
Historical Context	96	(1)
Critical Overview	96	(1)
Criticism	97	(14)
Further Reading	111	(2)
Immortality	113	(16)
Yiyun Li
Author Biography	113	(1)
Plot Summary	114	(2)
Characters	116	(1)
Themes	117	(2)
Style	119	(1)
Historical Context	119	(2)
Critical Overview	121	(1)
Criticism	121	(7)
Further Reading	128	(1)
Last Courtesies	129	(19)
Ella Leffland
Author Biography	129	(1)
Plot Summary	130	(1)
Characters	131	(1)
Themes	132	(2)
Style	134	(1)
Historical Context	135	(1)
Critical Overview	136	(1)
Criticism	137	(10)
Further Reading	147	(1)
Meeting Mrinal	148	(25)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Author Biography	148	(1)
Plot Summary	149	(2)
Characters	151	(1)
Themes	152	(2)
Style	154	(1)
Historical Context	155	(1)
Critical Overview	156	(2)
Criticism	158	(13)
Further Reading	171	(2)
Melon	173	(29)
Julian Barnes
Author Biography	173	(1)
Plot Summary	174	(2)
Characters	176	(2)
Themes	178	(1)
Style	179	(1)
Historical Context	180	(2)
Critical Overview	182	(1)
Criticism	182	(19)
Further Reading	201	(1)
The Middleman	202	(23)
Bharati Mukherjee
Author Biography	202	(1)
Plot Summary	203	(2)
Characters	205	(1)
Themes	206	(1)
Style	207	(1)
Historical Context	208	(1)
Critical Overview	209	(1)
Criticism	210	(14)
Further Reading	224	(1)
The Necessary Grace to Fall	225	(13)
Gina Ochsner
Author Biography	225	(1)
Plot Summary	226	(1)
Characters	227	(1)
Themes	228	(1)
Style	229	(1)
Historical Context	230	(1)
Critical Overview	231	(1)
Criticism	231	(6)
Further Reading	237	(1)
Paris 1991	238	(12)
Kate Walbert
Author Biography	238	(1)
Plot Summary	239	(1)
Characters	240	(1)
Themes	241	(1)
Style	242	(1)
Historical Context	243	(1)
Critical Overview	243	(1)
Criticism	244	(5)
Further Reading	249	(1)
Someone to Talk To	250	(24)
Deborah Eisenberg
Author Biography	250	(1)
Plot Summary	251	(2)
Characters	253	(1)
Themes	254	(2)
Style	256	(1)
Historical Context	257	(1)
Critical Overview	258	(1)
Criticism	259	(14)
Further Reading	273	(1)
What We Cannot Speak About We Must Pass Over in Silence	274	(23)
John Edgar Wideman
Author Biography	274	(1)
Plot Summary	275	(2)
Characters	277	(1)
Themes	278	(2)
Style	280	(2)
Historical Context	282	(1)
Critical Overview	282	(2)
Criticism	284	(11)
Further Reading	295	(2)
Glossary	297	(12)
Cumulative Author/Title Index	309	(8)
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index	317	(6)
Subject/Theme Index	323