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Handbook of the American Short Story

Handbook of the American Short Story

Redling, Erik
Scheiding, Oliver

Hardcover

Series: Handbooks of English and American Studies, Book 15

Literary CriticismGeneral Science

ISBN10: 3110585235
ISBN13: 9783110585230
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: Jan 31 2022
Pages: 712
Weight: 2.91
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

The American short story has always been characterized by exciting aesthetic innovations and an immense range of topics. This handbook offers students and researchers a comprehensive introduction to the multifaceted genre with a special focus on recent developments due to the rise of new media. Part I provides systematic overviews of significant contexts ranging from historical-political backgrounds, short story theories developed by writers, print and digital culture, to current theoretical approaches and canon formation. Part II consists of 35 paired readings of representative short stories by eminent authors, charting major steps in the evolution of the American short story from its beginnings as an art form in the early nineteenth century up to the digital age. The handbook examines historically, methodologically, and theoretically the coming together of the enduring narrative practice of compression and concision in American literature. It offers fresh and original readings relevant to studying the American short story and shows how the genre performs American culture.

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