Reviews
"I like the breadth and quality of selections; the 'masters' are well represented and interpreted without taking the ball away from the teacher. I like it!"--John O. West, University of Texas at El Paso, "I welcome the new, multicultural emphasis. Good, too, to see more women writers, especially Chopin!"--Myra L. Witmer, Marist College, "An original and ingenious selection of stories from the most durable authors. This anthology showcases the best of our national literature in all its variety and versatility and will continue to delight and instruct."--Jean-Mark Sens, University of Mississippi"This remains one of the best short story anthologies available. The additional stories are welcome."--George R. Creeger, Wesleyan University"An excellent selection from the 19th century to the multicultural present."--Daniel Fineman, Occidental College"Superior selection. The majority of these classics I would have chosen had I been given the privilege."--Patrick P. Garrett, Louisiana Tech University"The best there is!"--E.N. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin"I like the breadth and quality of selections; the 'masters' are well represented and interpreted without taking the ball away from the teacher. I like it!"--John O. West, University of Texas at El Paso"Interesting categories, great selections."--Mark Telloyan, Pillsbury College"I welcome the new, multicultural emphasis. Good, too, to see more women writers, especially Chopin!"--Myra L. Witmer, Marist College"An excellent range of truly 'major' texts in the American short story tradition."--Robert L. McDonald, Virginia Military Institute"This revision renders a splendid anthology nearly ideal for the teachers as well as the students of the 1990s."--Robert Regan, University of Pennsylvania, "This revision renders a splendid anthology nearly ideal for the teachers,as well as the students of the 1990's"--Robert Regan, University ofPennslyvania, "Superior selection. The majority of these classics I would have chosen had I been given the privilege."--Patrick P. Garrett, Louisiana Tech University, "This remains one of the best short story anthologies available. The additional stories are welcome."--George R. Creeger, Wesleyan University, "I like the breadth and quality of selections; the 'masters' are wellrepresented and interpreted without taking the ball away from the teacher. Ilike it!"--John O. West, University of Texas at El Paso, "An original and ingenious selection of stories from the most durable authors. This anthology showcases the best of our national literature in all its variety and versatility and will continue to delight and instruct."--Jean-Mark Sens, University of Mississippi, "An excellent selection from the 19th century to the multicultural present."--Daniel Fineman, Occidental College, "An excellent range of truly 'major' texts in the American short story tradition."--Robert L. McDonald, Virginia Military Institute, "This revision renders a splendid anthology nearly ideal for the teachers as well as the students of the 1990s."--Robert Regan, University of Pennsylvania
Table of Content
The Search for Form: Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville and JamesRip Van Winkle; The Adventure of the German Student, Washington IrvingYoung Goodman Brown; Wakefield; Rappaccini's Daughter, Nathaniel HawthorneLigeia; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Purloined LetterBartleby the Serivener, Herman MelvilleThe Real Thing; The Jolly Corner, Henry JamesRegionalism and RealismThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County; How To Tell a Story, Mark TwainThe Outcasts of Poker Flat, Bret HarteEditha, William Dean HowellsThe Courting of Sister Wisby, Sarah Orne JewettDesiree's Baby, Kate ChopinThe Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins GilmanWilla Cather, Neighbor RosickyA National Art FormThe Open Boat; Stephen Crane's Own StoryRoman Fever, Stephen CraneEdith WhartonI Want To Know Why, Sherwood AndersonBabylon Revisited, F. Scott FitzgeraldBig Two-Hearted River, Ernest HemingwayThe Gilded Six-Bits, Zora Neale HurstonRed Leaves; That Evening Sun, William FaulknerFlowering Judas, Katherine Anne PorterPetrified Man, Eudora WeltyBlackberry Winter, Robert Penn WarrenThe Man Who Was Almost a Man, Richard WrightLooking for Mr. Green, Saul BellowA Good Man Is Hard To Find, Flannery O'ConnorThe Magic Barrel, Bernard MalamudVenus, Cupid, Folly and Time, Peter TaylorSonny's Blues, James BaldwinDefender of the Faith, Philip RothThe Doctor's Wife, John UpdikeThe World of Apples, John CheeverThe Short Story TodayLost in the Funhouse, John BarthThe Indian Uprising, Donald BarthelmeThe Magic Poker, Robert CooverThe Long-Distance Runner, Grace PaleyDaisy, Joyce Carol OatesHelping, Robert StoneErrand, Raymond CarverEveryday Use, Alice WalkerStoryteller, Leslie Marmon SilkoSnares, Louise ErdrichBiographical and Bibliographical NotesThe American Short Story: A General Bibliography
