Major American Short Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195078993 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 896 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Creeger, Wesleyan University"An excellent selection from the 19th century to the multicultural present."--Daniel Fineman, Occidental College"Superior selection. McDonald, Virginia Military Institute"This revision renders a splendid anthology nearly ideal for the teachers as well as the students of the 1990s."--Robert Regan, University of Pennsylvania . The additional stories are welcome."--George R. The majority of these classics I would have chosen had I been given the privilege."--Patrick P. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin"I like the breadth and quality of selections; the 'masters' are well represented and interpreted without taking the ball away from the teacher. This anthology showcases the best of our national literature in all its variety and versatility a
Edited by one of the most prominent experts in the field, the third edition addresses the needs of a changing readership by presenting more works by women, writers of color, and contemporary authors, including Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Zora Neale Hurston, Robert Stone, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Louise Erdrich. Strongly emphasizing the works of major writers such as Hawthorne, Poe, James, Irving, Twain, and Faulkner, this latest edition of a remarkably successful text ranges from the traditional to the modern experimental fictions of Barth, Barthelme, and Coover. American Short Stories, 3/e is the definitive source for exploring the full ran
"Excellent collection of stories revealing the American character from the revolutionary war to modernism in the 20th century" according to Amazon Customer. A. Walton Litz is an excellent editor: his choice of short stories spans the American cultural experience from before the revolutionary war through the high water mark of modernism in the second half of the twentieth century. His brief commentaries and footnotes are incisive a. Good Selection ARK Contains an excellent collection of short stories, from Hawthorne to Faulkner. There are all varieties of writing styles, from authors of various backgrounds A very solid textbook all 'round.This is also one of those few cases where I feel led to comment on the make of the boo. The Best Anthology a Teacher Can Get Raluca Zakheim I've been looking for quite a while for an anthology of the American short story for my high-school students. I tried "American Short Story Masterpieces" edited by R. Carver and T. Jenks, "The Norton Book of American Short Stories" edited by P.S.Prescott, and even "The Art of
Walton Litz has edited or co-edited over thirty textbooks, anthologies, and editions. . He is a surrogate delagate for OUP NY. Professor of English at Princeton University, A