[PDF] The Cambridge History Of The English Short Story eBook

Author : Dominic Head
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1082 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1316739147

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The Cambridge History of the English Short Story is the first comprehensive volume to capture the literary history of the English short story. Charting the origins and generic evolution of the English short story to the present day, and written by international experts in the field, this book covers numerous transnational and historical connections between writers, modes and forms of transmission. Suitable for English literature students and scholars of the English short story generally, it will become a standard work of reference in its field.

Author : Adrian Hunter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 46,5 MB
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139466046

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The short story has become an increasingly important genre since the mid-nineteenth century. Complementing The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story, this book examines the development of the short story in Britain and other English-language literatures. It considers issues of form and style alongside - and often as part of - a broader discussion of publishing history and the cultural contexts in which the short story has flourished and continues to flourish. In its structure the book provides a chronological survey of the form, usefully grouping writers to show the development of the genre over time. Starting with Dickens and Kipling, the chapters cover key authors from the past two centuries and up to the present day. The focus on form, literary history, and cultural context, together with the highlighting of the greatest short stories and their authors, make this a stimulating and informative overview for all students of English literature.

Author : Heather Ingman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 30,26 MB
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 113947412X

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Though the short story is often regarded as central to the Irish canon, this text was the first comprehensive study of the genre for many years. Heather Ingman traces the development of the modern short story in Ireland from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to the present day. Her study analyses the material circumstances surrounding publication, examining the role of magazines and editors in shaping the form. Ingman incorporates recent critical thinking on the short story, traces international connections, and gives a central part to Irish women's short stories. Each chapter concludes with a detailed analysis of key stories from the period discussed, featuring Joyce, Edna O'Brien and John McGahern, among others. With its comprehensive bibliography and biographies of authors, this volume will be a key work of reference for scholars and students both of Irish fiction and of the modern short story as a genre.

Author : Ann-Marie Einhaus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 23,91 MB
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107084172

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This Companion provides an accessible overview of the contexts, periods, and subgenres of English-language short fiction outside of North America.

Author : Gerry Canavan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 47,44 MB
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1316733017

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The first science fiction course in the American academy was held in the early 1950s. In the sixty years since, science fiction has become a recognized and established literary genre with a significant and growing body of scholarship. The Cambridge History of Science Fiction is a landmark volume as the first authoritative history of the genre. Over forty contributors with diverse and complementary specialties present a history of science fiction across national and genre boundaries, and trace its intellectual and creative roots in the philosophical and fantastic narratives of the ancient past. Science fiction as a literary genre is the central focus of the volume, but fundamental to its story is its non-literary cultural manifestations and influence. Coverage thus includes transmedia manifestations as an integral part of the genre's history, including not only short stories and novels, but also film, art, architecture, music, comics, and interactive media.

Author : Paul Delaney
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1474400663

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This collection explores the history and development of the anglophone short story since the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Author : Michael H. Black
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 14,90 MB
Release : 2000-03-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521775724

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A Short History of Cambridge University Press is an account of the world's oldest press, from the publication of the Press's first book in 1584 through to the present day. It emphasises the constitutional basis of the Press, which is an essential part of its parent university, and highlights the moments of change and crisis: Richard Bentley's revival in the 1690s, the Victorian renaissance in the 1850s, the rise of modern university publishing, two world wars, the crisis of the early 1970s - resolved by Geoffrey Cass's bold reconstruction - and the printing and publishing expansion of the 1990s. This history brings out the unique nature of the Press, which is an educational charitable enterprise, trading with vigour throughout the world and publishing over 2400 titles a year. This revised and illustrated second edition brings the story up to the turn of the millennium, and emphasises both the diversity of the Press's recent achievements and its current aims.

Author : Suhair Eyad Jamal Al-Alami
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 19,91 MB
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1527560376

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This book includes thirteen short stories, chosen to illustrate various modes of narration and to provoke reflection on a range of issues. The texts illustrate how great writers can, with their insight and gift for words, help us to see the world in which we live in new probing and exciting ways. Upon the completion of this book, learners will be able to read to find and handle information for a range of purposes, as well as read to enjoy and respond to a variety of texts. The book will also equip the reader to write for a range of purposes, conveying meaning in language appropriate to purpose and audience, and communicate effectively with native and non-native speakers of English, manipulating language as appropriate. What characterises this book is its integration of literary competence, communicative competence, and critical thinking skills. This combined input incorporates the receptive skills of listening and reading, and the productive skills of speaking and writing.

Author : Robert L. Caserio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1006 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 2012-01-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1316175103

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The Cambridge History of the English Novel chronicles an ever-changing and developing body of fiction across three centuries. An interwoven narrative of the novel's progress unfolds in more than fifty chapters, charting continuities and innovations of structure, tracing lines of influence in terms of themes and techniques, and showing how greater and lesser authors shape the genre. Pushing beyond the usual period-centered boundaries, the History's emphasis on form reveals the range and depth the novel has achieved in English. This book will be indispensable for research libraries and scholars, but is accessibly written for students. Authoritative, bold and clear, the History raises multiple useful questions for future visions of the invention and re-invention of the novel.

Author : Frank Myszor
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780521774734

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The Modern Short Story is an addition to the Cambridge Contexts in Literature series. It is designed to support the needs of advanced level students of English literature. Each title in the series has the quality, content and level endorsed by the OCR examination board. However, the texts provide the background and focus suitable for any examination board at advanced level. The series explores the contextual study of texts by concentrating on key periods, topics and comparisons in literature. Each book adopts an interactive approach and provides the background for understanding the significance of literary, historical and social contexts. Students are encouraged to investigate different interpretations that may be applied to literary texts by different readers, through a variety of activities and questions, the use of study aids, such as chronologies and glossaries, and the inclusion of anthology sections to exemplify issues.