Masters of the Short Story.

Catalog description

Concentrates on the works of a few distinguished writers of short fiction. In each case the writer is one with a widely acknowledged reputation. Emphasis is upon exploring how writers shape and manipulate the genre to produce lasting, individual, distinctive works. Representative figures include, but are not limited to, James Joyce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Frank O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor, John Barth, D.H. Lawrence, and Eudora Welty.