182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface Chronology Chapter One: Overview Chapter Two: Nineteenth-Century Beginnings Chapter Three: Nineteenth-Century Realism Chapter Four: Early-Twentieth-Century Formalism Chapter Five: Contemporary Renaissance Chapter Six: Bibliographic Essay Notes and References Recommended Titles Index
Biography
Charles E. May is Professor of English at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Short Story Writers, Interacting with Essays, New Short Story Theories, Fictions Many Worlds and Hyperstory. Edgar Allen Poe and Twentieth Century Short Story.
"Good critical guides to the short story are few and far between, and this one is excellent." -- Booklist
"Arguing that short fiction secularizes mythic perception, May provides both an account of generic change and incisive readings of canonical authors and specific stories. One of the book's greatest merits is its concluding bibliographic essay, which will be indispensable to students new to the short story as well as scholars familiar with the field.
--Michael Trussler." -- Ihe Private Voice
