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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
the greatness of short stories,
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This review is from: The Facts on File Companion to the American Short Story (Hardcover)
This is one of the most useful books I have bought in years! Dr. Werlock and her contributors include not only interpretations of short stories and information on their authors, but useful reminders of literary terms (e.g., fable, denouement) and historical events (fascism, McCarthy era, Vietnam War). What I like best, though, are the interpretations themselves: they're not just factual synopses of the stories, but thoughtful and new ways (to many of us, at least) of looking at them. I also enjoy seeing listings of characters and locations from short stories, like Emily Grierson (Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily") or Gibbsville, PA (in O'Hara's stories). The whole book reminds me why I love short stories!
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The Facts on File Companion to the American Short Story by Abby H. P. Werlock (Paperback - Sept. 2000)
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