"I Am Your Brother": Short Story Studies Contributor(s): May, Charles E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1490347615 ISBN-13: 9781490347615 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Short Stories |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.85 lbs) 286 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "I Am Your Brother": Short Story Studies is a study of the short story as a genre, written both for academic and general readers. After establishing the origins of the short story in myth, the book examines issues of genre and history, discusses the difference between the short story and the novel, and analyzes the importance of obsession, mystery, and metaphoric motivation in the form. Chapters also are devoted to mythic perception in the short fiction of John Steinbeck and Bernard Malamud, love and separateness in the short stories of Eudora Welty, and the birth of the modern short story by Anton Chekhov. The final two chapters are extended discussions of the short stories of Raymond Carver and Alice Munro. |