Fiction A Pocket Anthology

Name: Fiction A Pocket Anthology
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ISBN: 9780321087621

ISBN-10: 0321087623

ISBN-13: 9780321087621

Edition: 3rd 2002 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: R. S. Gwynn

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The perfect alternative to lengthy fiction anthologies, this brief, affordable collection of short stories provides a concise yet complete introduction to the study of fiction. Longman is proud to announce the Penguin Academics Series edition of Fiction. The Penguin Academics Series, in the tradition of Penguin Publishers, offers highly respected, highly affordable trade-format books by pre-eminent scholars. Featuring more than 30 short stories, it spans the spectrum of short fiction from early pieces by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Anton Chekhov to contemporary works by Alice Walker and Margaret Atwood. This edition features new Writing About Fiction as well as more than 12 new selections…

Book details

List price: $28.20
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Publication date: 7/24/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Alphabetical List by Author


Preface


Introduction


The Telling of the Tale


The Short Story Genre


Reading and Analyzing Short Fiction


Plot


Characterization


Point of View


Theme


Setting


Style and Symbolism


Writing About Short Fiction


Fiction


Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)


Young Goodman Brown


Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)


The Cask of Amontillado


Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909)


A White Heron


Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)


Mother Savage


Kate Chopin (1851-1904)


Desiree's Baby


Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)


The Lady with the Pet Dog


Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)


The Yellow Wallpaper


Edith Wharton (1862-1937)


Roman Fever


Willa Cather (1876-1947)


Neighbor Rosicky


James Joyce (1882-1941)


The Dead


Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980)


The Jilting of Granny Weatherall


William Faulkner (1897-1962)


Barn Burning


Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)


The Garden of Forking Paths


Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)


Hills Like White Elephants


Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)


Sweat


John Steinbeck (1902-1968)


The Chrysanthemums


Richard Wright (1908-1960)


The Man Who Was Almost a Man


John Cheever (1912-1982)


Reunion


Ralph Ellison (1914-1995)


A Party Down at the Square


Grace Paley (B. 1922)


Wants


Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)


Good Country People


Richard Yates (1926-1992)





Gabriel Garcia Marquez (B. 1928)


A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings