The Columbia companion to the twentieth-century American short story

Resource Information

The work The Columbia companion to the twentieth-century American short story represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Swedenborg Library, Bryn Athyn College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The Columbia companion to the twentieth-century American short story

Statement of responsibility

Blanche H. Gelfant, editor

Contributor

• Credo Reference (Firm)
• Gelfant, Blanche H., 1922-

Subject

• American fiction -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries
• American fiction -- 20th century -- Dictionaries
• Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries
• Electronic books
• Short stories, American -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries
• Short stories, American -- Dictionaries

Genre

• Dictionaries
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

The American short story has never been more popular - or more important - than it is today. With many lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary scholars in the United States, The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story offers readers a wealth of information and insight into the work of many of the finest short story writers in literary history. Part one of the book is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "The American Working-Class Short Story" or "Lesbian and Gay Short Stories". Part two contains pieces on individual writers and their work, including Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver and J.D. Salinger

Cataloging source

CaBNVSL

Dewey number

813/.010905

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS374.S5

LC item number

C57 2000eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography