Literary Reference - General & Miscellaneous, Short Stories - Literary Criticism
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Overview
Devoted to those practitioners of the art of short fiction, this new 2nd edition offers thorough coverage of approximately 375 authors and 400 of their works. In a single volume, Reference Guide to Short Fiction features often-studied authors from around the World and throughout history, all selected for inclusion by a board of experts in the field.Editorials
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New edition of a reference that provides critical coverage of 376 writers of short stories and novellas, almost all of whom were born after 1750. In the first major section, each entry contains biographical data (nationality, date and place of birth and death, education, spouse and number of children, career, and awards); bibliography (title and date of separately published works and a selected list of critical studies); and a critical essay. Next, 403 essays discuss specific works of short fiction by one of the authors. Arranged alphabetically. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
December 1, 1998
Publisher
St James Press
Pages
1197
Format
Hardcover, 1998
ISBN
9781558622227