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This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin’s “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” in 1747 to “The Joy Luck Club”. Includes a selection of writers chosen not only for their contributions of individual stories but for bodies of work that advanced the boundaries of short fiction, including Washington Irving, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, Jamaica Kincaid, and Tim O’Brien Addresses the ways in which American oral storytelling and other narrative traditions were integral to the formation and flourishing of the short story genre Written in accessible and engaging prose for students at all levels by a renowned literary scholar to illuminate an important genre that has received short shrift in scholarly literature of the last century Includes a glossary defining the most common terms used in literary history and in critical discussions of fiction, and a bibliography of works for further study

Hardcover:

9780470655412 | Blackwell Pub, March 2, 2015, cover price $102.95
9780379012576, titled "Export & Trade Finance" | Ringbound edition (Oceana Pubns, December 1, 1996), cover price $135.00 | also contains American Short Story Handbook, Export & Trade Finance

Paperback:

9780470655429 | Blackwell Pub, March 2, 2015, cover price $50.95 | About this edition: This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin’s “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” in 1747 to “The Joy Luck Club”.

Hardcover:

9780379012576, titled "Export & Trade Finance" | Ringbound edition (Oceana Pubns, December 1, 1996), cover price $135.00 | also contains Export & Trade Finance, The American Short Story Handbook

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Product Description: The story of a young soldier, Henry Fleming, who flees a Civil War battle, The Red Badge of Courage has been celebrated for its depiction of both the physical action of battle and the protagonist’s internal struggle. Despite the precise and vivid descriptions of the scenes of battle in his fiction, Stephen Crane was not born until six years after the war had ended and never saw military service...read more
By Stephen Crane and James Nagel (editor)

Paperback:

9781554811274 | Reprint edition (Broadview Pr, December 19, 2014), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The story of a young soldier, Henry Fleming, who flees a Civil War battle, The Red Badge of Courage has been celebrated for its depiction of both the physical action of battle and the protagonist’s internal struggle.

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By James Nagel (editor)

Miscellaneous:

9781444319927 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, March 1, 2010, cover price $199.95

Product Description: In Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s beautifully rendered depictions of small yet fateful moments that transform ordinary lives, these twelve early stories introduce both the subject and style of artistic expression that recur in the most important works of his career...read more
By James Nagel (introduced by)

Reinforced:

9780606286435 | Demco Media, July 1, 2003, cover price $22.35 | About this edition: In Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s beautifully rendered depictions of small yet fateful moments that transform ordinary lives, these twelve early stories introduce both the subject and style of artistic expression that recur in the most important works of his career.

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