Short Stories for Students

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ISBN: 9780787670306 | 0787670308
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/18/2005

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Each bi-annual volume presents vital information on approximately 15 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Titles featured in vol. 22 of Short Stories for Students include: "Silver Dish" by Saul Bellow "Day in the Dark" by Elizabeth Bowen "Titanic Survivors Found in Bermuda Triangle" by Robert Olen Butler "Mowgli's Brothers" by Rudyard Kipling "Good Shopkeeper" by Samrat Upadhyay

Guest Foreword: "Why Study Literature At All?"	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Literary Chronology	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Contributors	p. xix
Aftermath	p. 1
Author Biography	p. 1
Plot Summary	p. 2
Characters	p. 3
Themes	p. 4
Style	p. 5
Historical Context	p. 6
Critical Overview	p. 7
Criticism	p. 8
Further Reading	p. 15
A Day in the Dark	p. 16
Author Biography	p. 16
Plot Summary	p. 17
Characters	p. 18
Themes	p. 19
Style	p. 21
Historical Context	p. 21
Critical Overview	p. 23
Criticism	p. 24
Further Reading	p. 40
The End of Old Horse	p. 41
Author Biography	p. 41
Plot Summary	p. 42
Characters	p. 43
Themes	p. 44
Style	p. 46
Historical Context	p. 46
Critical Overview	p. 48
Criticism	p. 49
Further Reading	p. 59
An End to Dreams	p. 61
Author Biography	p. 62
Plot Summary	p. 62
Characters	p. 64
Themes	p. 65
Style	p. 66
Historical Context	p. 66
Critical Overview	p. 68
Criticism	p. 68
Further Reading	p. 79
Fleur	p. 80
Author Biography	p. 81
Plot Summary	p. 81
Characters	p. 82
Themes	p. 84
Style	p. 85
Historical Context	p. 86
Critical Overview	p. 87
Criticism	p. 87
Further Reading	p. 106
The Good Shopkeeper	p. 107
Author Biography	p. 108
Plot Summary	p. 108
Characters	p. 109
Themes	p. 110
Style	p. 112
Historical Context	p. 112
Critical Overview	p. 114
Criticism	p. 114
Further Reading	p. 122
Greatness Strikes Where It Pleases	p. 123
Author Biography	p. 123
Plot Summary	p. 124
Characters	p. 126
Themes	p. 126
Style	p. 127
Historical Context	p. 128
Critical Overview	p. 130
Criticism	p. 131
Further Reading	p. 147
Islands	p. 148
Author Biography	p. 149
Plot Summary	p. 149
Characters	p. 150
Themes	p. 152
Style	p. 153
Historical Context	p. 154
Critical Overview	p. 154
Criticism	p. 155
Further Reading	p. 161
Mowgli's Brothers	p. 162
Author Biography	p. 163
Plot Summary	p. 164
Characters	p. 165
Themes	p. 166
Style	p. 168
Historical Context	p. 169
Critical Overview	p. 170
Criticism	p. 171
Further Reading	p. 196
The Pearl	p. 198
Author Biography	p. 198
Plot Summary	p. 199
Characters	p. 201
Themes	p. 202
Style	p. 203
Historical Context	p. 204
Critical Overview	p. 205
Criticism	p. 206
Further Reading	p. 215
Rosa	p. 216
Author Biography	p. 216
Plot Summary	p. 217
Characters	p. 218
Themes	p. 220
Style	p. 221
Historical Context	p. 224
Critical Overview	p. 224
Criticism	p. 224
Further Reading	p. 241
A Silver Dish	p. 242
Author Biography	p. 242
Plot Summary	p. 243
Characters	p. 244
Themes	p. 246
Style	p. 247
Historical Context	p. 248
Critical Overview	p. 249
Criticism	p. 250
Further Reading	p. 271
Titanic Survivors Found in Bermuda Triangle	p. 272
Author Biography	p. 273
Plot Summary	p. 273
Characters	p. 274
Themes	p. 276
Style	p. 277
Historical Context	p. 278
Critical Overview	p. 280
Criticism	p. 281
Further Reading	p. 297
Glossary	p. 299
Cumulative Author/Title Index	p. 311
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index	p. 319
Subject/Theme Index	p. 325
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