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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Publication Date
- 1994-09-01
- Pages
- 768
- ISBN
- 9780195092622
Informazioni su questo prodotto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195092627
ISBN-13
9780195092622
eBay Product ID (ePID)
58403
Product Key Features
Book Title
Oxford Book of American Short Stories
Number of Pages
784 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Anthologies (Multiple Authors)
Publication Year
1994
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
31 Oz
Item Length
5.5 in
Item Width
8.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Joyce Carol Oates, a master fabulist who is also one of our finest critics, has given us a treasury that represents the astonishing range of the American short story. But instead of another showcase of 'greatest hits,' Oates ventures further afield, to uncover a series of neglected butrefulgent gems. This is a collection with guts--and brains. Best of all, it's a collection that unfolds, as its editor promises, the larger story of American writing, in all its hues and timbres."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University, "Provides a history of not only the evolution of the short story, but also of American culture....The collection is more than a survey of writing styles. It is a celebration of the diversity of American culture."--Denver Post, "Oates' collection of stories is the finest anthology I've ever read in 33 years of teaching."--Robert L. Kelly, Alpena Senior High School, "Readers who take an encompassing view of American literature and culture will love this book, which brilliantly captures the range and heft of the remarkable American contribution to the short story genre. With penetrating introductions by Joyce Carol Oates to each writer, this is ananthology of the finest kind, a collection of stories dazzling in variety but unified by an editor of singular intelligence and vision."--Arnold Rampersad, Princeton University, "These alternative selections will present a refreshing challenge inteaching the short story."--Charles Franklyn Beach, Nyack College, "Joyce Carol Oates has cast her net further and deeper, drawing fromAmerican literature's impressive past and substantial culturalwealth....Exceptional."--Booklist, "Ambitious and innovative....Only a novelist would ever think up such aproject. Only a very good one could pull it off....Eclectic."--Observer(London), "This is a splendid volume of short stories which reflect the wealth ofbrilliance built up over the years by a wide ranging field of American writers.Oates has done an outstanding job in making this selection....She does notalways go for the well known stories by delights us with some that have remainedsomewhat obscure."--Yorkshire Gazette and Herald, "Readers who take an encompassing view of American literature and culturewill love this book, which brilliantly captures the range and heft of theremarkable American contribution to the short story genre. With penetratingintroductions by Joyce Carol Oates to each writer, this is an anthology of thefinest kind, a collection of stories dazzling in variety but unified by aneditor of singular intelligence and vision."--Arnold Rampersad, PrincetonUniversity, "Joyce Carol Oates has cast her net further and deeper, drawing from American literature's impressive past and substantial cultural wealth....Exceptional."--Booklist, "Whether for the classroom or the bedtable, The Oxford Book of AmericanShort Stories is indispensable, the best fiction selected and introduced by oneof America's finest writers. It's a treasure!"--Cathy N. Davidson, DukeUniversity, "Provides a history of not only the evolution of the short story, but alsoof American culture....The collection is more than a survey of writing styles.It is a celebration of the diversity of American culture."--Denver Post, "Ambitious and innovative....Only a novelist would ever think up such a project. Only a very good one could pull it off....Eclectic."--Observer (London), "To a short story lover it is hard to think of a book that could give more pleasure."--Scotland on Sunday, "This is a splendid volume of short stories which reflect the wealth of brilliance built up over the years by a wide ranging field of American writers. Oates has done an outstanding job in making this selection....She does not always go for the well known stories by delights us with some thathave remained somewhat obscure."--Yorkshire Gazette and Herald, "Whether for the classroom or the bedtable, The Oxford Book of American Short Stories is indispensable, the best fiction selected and introduced by one of America's finest writers. It's a treasure!"--Cathy N. Davidson, Duke University, "Provides a history of not only the evolution of the short story, but also of American culture....The collection is more than a survey of writing styles. It is a celebration of the diversity of American culture."--Denver Post"Joyce Carol Oates has cast her net further and deeper, drawing from American literature's impressive past and substantial cultural wealth....Exceptional."--Booklist"Readers who take an encompassing view of American literature and culture will love this book, which brilliantly captures the range and heft of the remarkable American contribution to the short story genre. With penetrating introductions by Joyce Carol Oates to each writer, this is an anthology of the finest kind, a collection of stories dazzling in variety but unified by an editor of singular intelligence and vision."--Arnold Rampersad, Princeton University"Oates' collection of stories is the finest anthology I've ever read in 33 years of teaching."--Robert L. Kelly, Alpena Senior High School"I appreciate the comprehensive selection of authors, representing a variety of gender, ethnic and class perspectives, as well as complete chronological coverage."--Joel R. Brouwer, Michigan State University"Joyce Carol Oates, a master fabulist who is also one of our finest critics, has given us a treasury that represents the astonishing range of the American short story. But instead of another showcase of 'greatest hits,' Oates ventures further afield, to uncover a series of neglected but refulgent gems. This is a collection with guts--and brains. Best of all, it's a collection that unfolds, as its editor promises, the larger story of American writing, in allits hues and timbres."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University"Whether for the classroom or the bedtable, The Oxford Book of American Short Stories is indispensable, the best fiction selected and introduced by one of America's finest writers. It's a treasure!"--Cathy N. Davidson, Duke University"This is a splendid volume of short stories which reflect the wealth of brilliance built up over the years by a wide ranging field of American writers. Oates has done an outstanding job in making this selection....She does not always go for the well known stories by delights us with some that have remained somewhat obscure."--Yorkshire Gazette and Herald"Ambitious and innovative....Only a novelist would ever think up such a project. Only a very good one could pull it off....Eclectic."--Observer (London)"To a short story lover it is hard to think of a book that could give more pleasure."--Scotland on Sunday"These alternative selections will present a refreshing challenge in teaching the short story."--Charles Franklyn Beach, Nyack College"Very nicely printed."--Paul W. Nisly, Messiah College"An excellent selection of works by a variety of renouned authors. These works are not often anthologized, but their merit demands they should be."--Dr. Whelan, Penn State University"Excellent selection."--Kevin Hagopian, University of Memphis"Excellent selection--at last something other than the usual anthology. Good intro. Easy to apply in the classroom."--Carl Kremer, William Woods University"Interesting, refreshing anthology. I liked the inclusion of so many powerful writers, new and old. . . . great variety. . . . Overall, a qualified success."--Dr. Reinhart Lutz, University of the Pacific"Fresh and delightful selections. A welcome change of pace from books of the 'old standards.'"--Jeffrey Powers-Beck, East Tennessee State University, "I appreciate the comprehensive selection of authors, representing a variety of gender, ethnic and class perspectives, as well as complete chronological coverage."--Joel R. Brouwer, Michigan State University, "To a short story lover it is hard to think of a book that could give morepleasure."--Scotland on Sunday, "Joyce Carol Oates, a master fabulist who is also one of our finestcritics, has given us a treasury that represents the astonishing range of theAmerican short story. But instead of another showcase of 'greatest hits,' Oatesventures further afield, to uncover a series of neglected but refulgent gems.This is a collection with guts--and brains. Best of all, it's a collection thatunfolds, as its editor promises, the larger story of American writing, in allits hues and timbres."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University
Dewey Decimal
813/.0108
Table Of Content
Stories include:1. Rip Van Winkle2. The Wives of the Dead3. The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids4. The Tell-Tale Heart5. The Ghost in the Mill6. Cannibalism in the Cars7. The Storm8. The Yellow Wallpaper9. The Middle Years10. In a Far Country11. The Little Regiment12. A Journey13. A Death in the Desert14. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place15. An Alcoholic Case16. The Girl with the Pimply Face17. He18. Red-Headed Baby19. A Late Encounter with the Enemy20. Sonny's Blues21. There will Come Soft Rains22. Where is the Voice Coming From23. The Lecture24. My Son the Murderer25. Something to Remember Me By26. The Death of Justina27. Texts28. The Persistence of Desire29. Are These Actual Miles?30. Heat
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of fifty-nine tales that combines classic works with many 'different, unexpected gems', and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. The collection ranges from time-honoured works by Irving, Poe, and Hemingway, to modern classics by authors such as Bharati Mukherjee, Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Tim O'Brien., In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of fifty-nine tales that combines classic works with many 'unexpected gems', and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be improved upon, Oates admits, and she happily includes such time-honoured works as Irving's 'Rip Van Winkle', Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and Hemingway's 'A Clean, Well-Lighted Place'. Alongside these classics, Oates introduces such little-known stories as Mark Twain's 'Cannibalism in the Cars' a story that reveals a darker side to his humour. From Melville come the juxtaposed tales, 'The Paradise of Bachelors' and the 'Tartarus of Maids' of which Oates says, 'Only Melville could have fashioned out of 'real' events ... such harrowing and dreamlike allegorical fiction.' From Flannery O'Connor we find 'A Late Encounter with the Enemy', and from John Cheever, 'The Death of Justina', one of Cheever's own favourites. The reader will also delight in the range of authors found here, from Charles W. Chesnutt, to William Carlos Williams. Contemporary artists abound, including Bharati Mukherjee and Amy Tan, Alice Adams and David Leavitt, Bobbie Ann Mason and Tim O'Brien, Louise Erdich and John Edgar Wideman. Oates provides fascinating introductions to each writer, blending biographical information with her own trenchant observation about their work, plus a long introductory essay, in which she offers the fruits of years of reflection on a genre in which she herself is a master., This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien., How ironic, Joyce Carol Oates writes in her introduction to this marvelous collection, that in our age of rapid mass-production and the easy proliferation of consumer products, the richness and diversity of the American literary imagination should be so misrepresented in most anthologies. Why, she asks, when writers such as Samuel Clemens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, Saul Bellow, and John Updike have among them written hundreds of short stories, do anthologists settle on the same two or three titles by each author again and again? Isn't the implicit promise of an anthology that it will, or aspires to, present something different, unexpected? In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories , Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of fifty-six tales that combines classic works with many different, unexpected gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be improved on, Oates admits, and she happily includes such time-honored works as Irving's Rip Van Winkle, Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, and Hemingway's A Clean, Well-Lighted Place. But alongside these classics, Oates introduces such little-known stories as Mark Twain's Cannibalism in the Cars, a story that reveals a darker side to his humor (That morning we had Morgan of Alabama for breakfast. He was one of the finest men I ever sat down to...a perfect gentleman, and singularly juicy). From Melville come the juxtaposed tales The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids, of which Oates says, Only Melville could have fashioned out of 'real' events...such harrowing and dreamlike allegorical fiction. From Flannery O'Connor we find A Late Encounter With the Enemy, and from John Cheever, The Death of Justina, one of Cheever's own favorites, though rarely anthologized. The reader will also delight in the range of authors found here, from Charles W. Chesnutt, Jean Toomer, and Sarah Orne Jewett, to William Carlos Williams, Kate Chopin, and Zora Neale Hurston. Contemporary artists abound, including Bharati Mukherjee and Amy Tan, Alice Adams and David Leavitt, Bobbie Ann Mason and Tim O'Brien, Louise Erdrich and John Edgar Wideman. Oates provides fascinating introductions to each writer, blending biographical information with her own trenchant observations about their work, plus a long introductory essay, in which she offers the fruit of years of reflection on a genre in which she herself is a master. This then is a book of surprises, a fascinating portrait of American short fiction, as filtered through the sensibility of a major modern writer., "How ironic," Joyce Carol Oates writes in her introduction to this marvelous collection, "that in our age of rapid mass-production and the easy proliferation of consumer products, the richness and diversity of the American literary imagination should be so misrepresented in most anthologies." Why, she asks, when writers such as Samuel Clemens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, Saul Bellow, and John Updike have among them written hundreds of short stories, do anthologists settle on the same two or three titles by each author again and again? "Isn't the implicit promise of an anthology that it will, or aspires to, present something different, unexpected?" In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of fifty-six tales that combines classic works with many "different, unexpected" gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be improved on, Oates admits, and she happily includes such time-honored works as Irving's "Rip Van Winkle," Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," and Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." But alongside these classics, Oates introduces such little-known stories as Mark Twain's "Cannibalism in the Cars," a story that reveals a darker side to his humor ("That morning we had Morgan of Alabama for breakfast. He was one of the finest men I ever sat down to...a perfect gentleman, and singularly juicy"). From Melville come the juxtaposed tales "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids," of which Oates says, "Only Melville could have fashioned out of 'real' events...such harrowing and dreamlike allegorical fiction." From Flannery O'Connor we find "A Late Encounter With the Enemy," and from John Cheever, "The Death of Justina," one of Cheever's own favorites, though rarely anthologized. The reader will also delight in the range of authors found here, from Charles W. Chesnutt, Jean Toomer, and Sarah Orne Jewett, to William Carlos Williams, Kate Chopin, and Zora Neale Hurston. Contemporary artists abound, including Bharati Mukherjee and Amy Tan, Alice Adams and David Leavitt, Bobbie Ann Mason and Tim O'Brien, Louise Erdrich and John Edgar Wideman. Oates provides fascinating introductions to each writer, blending biographical information with her own trenchant observations about their work, plus a long introductory essay, in which she offers the fruit of years of reflection on a genre in which she herself is a master. This then is a book of surprises, a fascinating portrait of American short fiction, as filtered through the sensibility of a major modern writer.
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PS648.S5O94 1994
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