The Cambridge introduction to the short story in English / Adrian Hunter.
Hunter, Adrian, 1971-| Call Number | 823.0109 |
| Author | Hunter, Adrian, 1971- author. |
| Title | The Cambridge introduction to the short story in English / Adrian Hunter. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (vii, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Series | Cambridge introductions to literature |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | Introduction -- Part I. The Nineteenth Century -- Introduction: Publishers, plots and prestige -- 1. Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy; 2. Rudyard Kipling and Joseph Conrad -- 3. The Yellow Book circle and the 1890s avant-garde -- Part II. The Modernist Short Story -- Introduction: 'Complete with missing parts' -- 4. James Joyce -- 5. Virginia Woolf -- 6. Katherine Mansfield -- 7. Samuel Beckett -- Part III. Post-Modernist Stories -- Introduction: Theories of form -- 8. Frank O'Connor and Sean O'Faolain -- 9. Elizabeth Bowen and V.S. Pritchett -- 10. Angela Carter and Ian McEwan -- Part IV. Post-colonial and Other Stories -- Introduction: A 'minor' literature? -- 11. Frank Sargeson and Marjorie Barnard -- 12. James Kelman and Chinua Achebe -- 13. Alice Munro. |
| Summary | The short story has become an increasingly important genre since the mid-nineteenth century. Complementing The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story, this book examines the development of the short story in Britain and other English-language literatures. It considers issues of form and style alongside - and often as part of - a broader discussion of publishing history and the cultural contexts in which the short story has flourished and continues to flourish. In its structure the book provides a chronological survey of the form, usefully grouping writers to show the development of the genre over time. Starting with Dickens and Kipling, the chapters cover key authors from the past two centuries and up to the present day. The focus on form, literary history, and cultural context, together with the highlighting of the greatest short stories and their authors, make this a stimulating and informative overview for all students of English literature. |
| Subject | Short stories, English History and criticism. Short stories, English English-speaking countries History and criticism. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | The short story has become an increasingly important genre since the mid-nineteenth century. Complementing The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story, this book examines the development of the short story in Britain and other English-language literatures. It considers issues of form and style alongside - and often as part of - a broader discussion of publishing history and the cultural contexts in which the short story has flourished and continues to flourish. In its structure the book provides a chronological survey of the form, usefully grouping writers to show the development of the genre over time. Starting with Dickens and Kipling, the chapters cover key authors from the past two centuries and up to the present day. The focus on form, literary history, and cultural context, together with the highlighting of the greatest short stories and their authors, make this a stimulating and informative overview for all students of English literature. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | Introduction -- Part I. The Nineteenth Century -- Introduction: Publishers, plots and prestige -- 1. Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy; 2. Rudyard Kipling and Joseph Conrad -- 3. The Yellow Book circle and the 1890s avant-garde -- Part II. The Modernist Short Story -- Introduction: 'Complete with missing parts' -- 4. James Joyce -- 5. Virginia Woolf -- 6. Katherine Mansfield -- 7. Samuel Beckett -- Part III. Post-Modernist Stories -- Introduction: Theories of form -- 8. Frank O'Connor and Sean O'Faolain -- 9. Elizabeth Bowen and V.S. Pritchett -- 10. Angela Carter and Ian McEwan -- Part IV. Post-colonial and Other Stories -- Introduction: A 'minor' literature? -- 11. Frank Sargeson and Marjorie Barnard -- 12. James Kelman and Chinua Achebe -- 13. Alice Munro. |
| Subject | Short stories, English History and criticism. Short stories, English English-speaking countries History and criticism. |
| Multimedia |