Handbook of the American Short Story

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Handbook of the American Short Story

Edited by: Erik Redling and Oliver Scheiding

Volume 15 in the series Handbooks of English and American Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110587647

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Contents

About this book

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.

Compact introduction with special focus on new narrative trends
Systematic overviews of significant contexts
Close readings of representative short stories by eminent authors

Author / Editor information

Erik Redling, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Oliver Scheiding, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Editors’ Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
0 Introduction: The American Short Story – Past and Present Oliver Scheiding and Erik Redling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Systematic Questions
1 Of Sketches, Tales, and Stories: Theoretical Reflections on the Genre of the Short Story Lydia G. Fash Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 Canon Formation and the American Short Story Julia Straub Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3 Current Approaches to the American Short Story Michael Basseler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
4 Textual Materiality, Magazine Culture, and the American Short Story Oliver Scheiding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Part II: Close Readings
5 Washington Irving (1783–1859) Stefanie Schäfer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
6 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) Philipp Schweighauser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
7 Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) Gero Guttzeit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
8 Herman Melville (1819–1891) Damien B. Schlarb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
9 Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens, 1835–1910) Holger Kersten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
10 Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932) James Nagel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
11 Kate Chopin (1850–1904) Ina Bergmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
12 Henry James (1843–1916) Mirosława Buchholtz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
13 Jack London (1876–1916) Alfred Hornung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
14 Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938) Birgit Däwes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
15 Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) Nassim Winnie Balestrini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
16 Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) Ross K. Tangedal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
17 Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) Erik Redling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
18 William Faulkner (1897–1962) Timo Müller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343
19 Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) Mark S. Graybill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
20 James Baldwin (1924–1987) Steven Tracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
21 Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) Michael Grimwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
22 Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) Sabrina Völz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	425
23 Grace Paley (1922–2007) Christina Kelley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
24 Donald Barthelme (1931–1989) Sascha Pöhlmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461
25 Tim O’Brien (1946–) Susan Farrell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
26 Raymond Carver (1938–1988) Robert C. Clark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	493
27 Alice Walker (1944–) Frank Obenland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	513
28 Leslie Marmon Silko (1948–) Kerstin Knopf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	533
29 Sandra Cisneros (1954–) Jochen Achilles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	555
30 Louise Erdrich (1954–) Frank Newton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	573
31 Lydia Davis (1947–) Lynn Blin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	593
32 George Saunders (1958–) Philip Coleman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	613
33 Junot Díaz (1968–) Nele Rodiek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	627
34 Yiyun Li (1972–) Johanna Hartmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	643
35 N.K. Jemisin (1972–) Damien B. Schlarb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	661
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	683
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	691
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	699

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics (Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies), Students (BA, MA and PhD level), Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 702
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
- Coloured Illustrations: 3
Keywords: American short story; Literary Criticism; Publishing; Fiction

eBook

Published: January 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783110587647

Hardcover

Published: January 31, 2022
ISBN: 9783110585230