The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780231110983)

Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.

Author: Blanche Gelfant
ISBN-10: 0231110987
ISBN-13: 9780231110983
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2001
Pages: 952
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.88w x 1.63d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2001 pg. 72
Booklist 06/01/2001 pg. 1932
Choice 09/01/2001 pg. 80
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2002 pg. 487
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2002 pg. 188
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2002 pg. 88 - Strongly Recommended