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Autore |
Smith Jennifer J (Jennifer Joan) |
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Titolo |
The American short story cycle / / Jennifer J. Smith |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2018 |
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ISBN |
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1-4744-2395-7 |
1-4744-4494-6 |
1-4744-2394-9 |
1-4744-2978-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Short stories, American - History and criticism |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2018. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-190) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Forming Provisional Identities -- Chapter 1 Locating the Short Story Cycle -- Chapter 2 The Persistence of Place -- Chapter 3 Writing Time in Metaphors -- Chapter 4 Tracing New Genealogies -- Chapter 5 Resisting Identity -- Chapter 6 Atomic Genre -- Coda Novellas-in-Flash and Flash Cycles -- Selected American Short Story Cycles -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work spans two centuries to tell the history of a genre that includes both major and marginal authors, from Washington Irving through William Faulkner to Jhumpa Lahiri. |
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