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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. Adrian Hunter is Lecturer in English at the University of Stirling.
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.
Short Story in English 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
1 lis 2007 · Border phenomena and border imaginaries have invited critical attention for some time, but this book focuses on the various ways in which the contemporary short story mirrors, questions and engages …
The introduction to “Part I: The nineteenth century” charts the ‘rise’ of the short story in England, as illustrated first by Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, followed by Rudyard Kipling and Joseph Conrad.
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.
The modernist short story; Adrian Hunter, University of Stirling; Book: The Cambridge Introduction to the Short Story in English; Online publication: 05 June 2012
