Short stories for study, by Kempton, Kenneth Payson, 1891-

Subjects: “…Short story.…”

Discussions of the short story. by Summers, Hollis Spurgeon, 1916-

Subjects: “…Short story.…”

The philosophy of the short-story. by Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Subjects: “…Short story.…”

The modern short story, a critical survey, by Bates, H. E. 1905-1974

Subjects: “…Short story.…”

Short stories / by Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

Subjects: “…Short story.…”

Understanding and appreciation of the short story / by Schreiber, Morris

Table of Contents: “…The art of the short story : essay, poetry, drama and biography : mood, setting, and action : characterisation -- How the short story evolved : the roots of the short story and use in modern short story -- The short story compared with other literary types -- Masters of the short story -- Some memorable themes examined.…”
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Great short stories of the world / by Schreiber, Morris

Table of Contents: “…Introduction (The short story defined) -- New vistas in the short story (Backgrounds in other lands) -- The short story as an instrument of international understanding -- The short story as a dynamic communications medium -- Variations on a theme: How different short story writers have treated related subjects.…”
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The short story /

Table of Contents: “…"Small in a way that a bullet is small": reflections on writing short stories / A.L. Kennedy -- The short story: what is it exactly, what do we want to do with it, and how do we intend to do it? …”
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The short story : the reality of artifice / by May, Charles E. 1941-

Subjects: “…Short story.…”
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Short story writing : a practical treatise on the art of the short story / by Barrett, Charles Raymond, 1874-

Table of Contents: “…Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I -- The Short Story; II -- Short Stories Classified; III -- The Plot; IV -- Titles Good and Bad; V -- The Use of Facts; VI -- The Characters; VII -- Methods of Narration; VIII -- The Beginning; IX -- The Story Proper; X -- Climax and Conclusion; XI -- The Style; XII -- The Labor of Authorship; XIII -- The Quest of a Market; Appendix; Endnotes…”
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Eureka studies in teaching short fiction.

Subjects: “…Short story Periodicals.…”
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The short story : a very short introduction / by Kahn, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…The rise of the short story -- Openings -- Voices -- Place -- The plot thickens...and thins -- Ironies and reversals -- Chekhov's heirs -- Endings.…”

Twentieth-century short story explication. Supplement. by Walker, Warren S.

Subjects: “…Short story Bibliography.…”

Twentieth-century short story explication : interpretations, 1900-1975, of short fiction since 1800 / by Walker, Warren S.

Subjects: “…Short story Bibliography.…”

Three-minute tales : stories from around the world to tell or read when time is short / by MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-

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Liminality and the short story : boundary crossings in American, Canadian, and British writing /

Subjects: “…Short story.…”

Schaum's quick guide to writing great short stories / by Lucke, Margaret

Subjects: “…Short story Technique.…”
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The short story : an introduction / by March-Russell, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Henry and the Well-Made Story -- 5 Economies of Scale: The Short Story in England -- 6 Brought to Book: The Anthology and Its Uses -- 7 Between the Lines: Dissidence and the Short Story -- 8 Enclosed Readings: The Short Story and the Academ -- 9 Modernism and the Short Story -- 10 The Short Story Cycle -- 11 Character Parts: Identity in the Short Story -- 12 Localities: Centres and Margins -- 13 Tales of the City -- 14 Romance and the Fragmen -- 15 Ghost Stories and Other Hauntings -- 16 Popular Short Fictions -- 17 The Experimental Text -- 18 Postmodernism and the Short Story -- 19 Minimalism/Dirty Realism/Hyperrealism -- 20 Voyages Out: The Postcolonial Short Story -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Twentieth-century short story explication : an index to the third edition and its five supplements, 1961-1991 / by Walker, Warren S.

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The development of the American short story; an historical survey, by Pattee, Fred Lewis, 1863-1950

Table of Contents: “…Washington Irving -- The arrival of the annuals -- The western tributary -- The rise of the lady's books -- Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Edgar Allan Poe -- The decade after Poe -- Lowell and "The atlantic monthly" -- Following the Civil War -- Bret Harte -- The era of localized romance -- The reign of dialect -- The discovery of the "short-story" -- The revolt of the 'nineties -- The journalization of the short story -- O. …”