Modern American Short Story.

Catalog description

Since the publication of Washington Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Americans have excelled at the genre of the short story. Offers a survey of traditional "masters" and recent innovators. Provides an opportunity to read a wide variety of writers (such as Wharton, Chopin, Crane, Gilman, James, Anderson, Hemingway, Faulkner, Ellison, O'Connor, Barth, Oates, Proulx, Roth, Carvey, and Welty) , and examine a range of forms, themes and experiences that reflect and shape American culture.