A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story

, by Malcolm, David; Malcolm, Cheryl Alexander

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ISBN: 9781405145374 | 1405145374
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/20/2008

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A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story provides a comprehensive treatment of short fiction writing and chronicles its development in Britain and Ireland from 1880 to the present. Provides a comprehensive treatment of the short story in Britain and Ireland as it developed over the period 1880 to the present Includes essays on topics and genres, as well as on individual texts and authors Comprises chapters on women's writing, Irish fiction, gay and lesbian writing, and short fiction by immigrants to Britain

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Notes on Contributors
Preface
1880-1945.Introduction
The British and Irish Short Story to 1945
The Story of Colonial Adventure
Responses to War: 1914-1918 and 1939-1945
Irish Short Fiction: 1880-1945
The Detective and Crime Story: 1880-1945
The British and Irish Ghost Story and Tale of the Supernatural: 1880-1945
Finding a Voice: Women Writing the Short Story (to 1945)
Rudyard Kipling's Art of the Short Story
Robert Louis Stevenson: "The Bottle Imp," "The Beach of Falesf," and "Markheim"
Thomas Hardy: Wessex Tales
Joseph Conrad
"The Secret Sharer" and "An Outpost of Progress"
The Short Stories of Hector Hugh Munro ("Saki")
Paralysis Re-considered
Short Stories
"The Country of the Blind" and "The Door in the Wall"
Short Stories
"The Horse Dealer's Daughter" and "The Rocking Horse Winner"
"Kew Gardens" and "The Legacy": Stef Craps
Mansfield
"The Garden Party" and "Marriage Âí la Mode"
Frank O'Connor
"Guests of the Nation" and "My Oedipus Complex"
The Short Stories of Liam O'Flaherty
W. Somerset Maugham's Ashenden Stories
Elizabeth Bowen
"The Demon Lover" and "Mysterious KÃ´r"
1945-the Present
Introduction
The British and Irish Short Story: 1945-Present
New Identities
The Irish Short Story since 1945
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