โ Scribed by Alfred Bendixen & James Nagel
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A Companion to the American Short Story traces the development of this versatile literary genre over the past 200 years. Sets the short story in context, paying attention to the interaction of cultural forces and aesthetic principles. Contributes to the ongoing redefinition of the American canon, with close attention to the achievements of women writers as well as such important genres as the ghost story and detective fiction. Embraces diverse traditions including African-American, Jewish-American, Latino, Native-American, and regional short story writing. Includes a section focused on specific authors and texts, from Edgar Allen Poe to John Updike.;Part I: The Nineteenth Century. 1 The Emergence and Development of the American Short Story / Alfred Bendixen ; 2 Poe and the American Short Story / Benjamin F. Fisher ; 3 A Guide to Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" / Steven T. Ryan ; 4 Towards History and Beyond: Hawthorne and the American Short Story / Alfred Bendixen ; 5 Charles W. Chesnutt and the Fictions of a "New" America / Charles Duncan ; 6 Mark Twain and the American Comic Short Story / David E.E. Sloane ; 7 New England Local-Color Literature: A Colonial Formation Josephine Donovan ; 8 Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Feminist Tradition of the American Short Story Martha J. Cutter ; 9 The Short Stories of Edith Wharton Donna Campbell.
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