A better half to the yankee brief Story strains the improvement of this flexible literary style during the last two hundred years.
- Sets the quick tale in context, taking note of the interplay of cultural forces and aesthetic principles
- Contributes to the continued redefinition of the yankee canon, with shut consciousness to the achievements of ladies writers in addition to such vital genres because the ghost tale and detective fiction
- Embraces assorted traditions together with African-American, Jewish-American, Latino, Native-American, and neighborhood brief tale writing
- Includes a piece occupied with particular authors and texts, from Edgar Allen Poe to John Updike
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