The short story. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ailsa Cox.
• Other Names: Cox, Ailsa
• Contents: "Small in a way that a bullet is small": reflections on writing short stories / A.L. Kennedy -- The short story: what is it exactly, what do we want to do with it, and how do we intend to do it? / John Beevers -- The whole story: the contemporary short story in sequence / Lucy Collins & Kathy Flann -- Notes towards the definition of the short-short story / Ashley Chantler -- How the listener was lured in: what makes a good crime short story? / Joanne Reardon -- East, West, and harmony: the short story as a space for translation / Jenni Ramone -- Reflected images: Calvino, Borges and writing a short story / Elizabeth Ingrams -- Anita Desai's "The rooftop dwellers": an alternative subaltern history / Karen D'Souza -- Treasure from the colonial past : a reading of Sir Frank Swettenham's "A silhouette" and "A mezzotint" / Mohamad Rashidi Pakri -- The subversive Cinderella: power dynamics and cultural imperialism in the short stories of Dorothy Edwards / Claire Flay -- The novelist on holiday: Martin Amis and the short story / Michael Great Britainney -- Ray Bradbury: the martian storyteller / Andrew Oldham -- Japanese female sadism: a comparative reading of Junichiro Tanizaki's "Tattoo" and Hitomi Kanehara's "Snakes and earrings" / Reuben Walsh -- Oh, whistle and I"ll come to you, my lad / Helen Newall.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 185 pages)
• Subjects: 809.31; Short stories; Short story; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary; Short story; Kurzgeschichte; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Creative writing & creative writing guides; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443807524; 1443807524
• Related ISBNs: 9781847186690; 1847186696
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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