Modern short stories : the uses of imagination /

Table of Contents: “…The tone of time. The jolly corner. The lesson of the master /…”

The world of the short story : archetypes in action /

Table of Contents: “….) ; The sixth captain's tale / from The book of the thousand nights and one night ; The disembodied soul / Chʻen Hsüang-yu (an ancient Chinese tale) ; The jolly corner / Henry James (U.S.A.) ; How the proud emperor was humbled / from the Gesta romanorum (a medieval European tale) ; A moment of green laurel / Gore Vidal (U.S.A.) -- pt. 2. …”