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Tables of Contents for Fiction
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Alphabetical List of Authors
vii
4
Foreword
xi
Introduction
1
19
The Telling of the Tale
1
1
The Short Story Genre
2
3
Reading and Analyzing Short Fiction
5
1
John Cheever (1912-1982): Reunion
6
2
Plot
8
4
Characterization
12
1
Point of View
13
2
Theme
15
1
Setting
16
1
Style
17
3
Fiction
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864)
Young Goodman Brown
20
11
EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849)
The Cask of Amontillado
31
6
GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-1893)
Marjorie Laurie
The Neckalce
37
7
KATE CHOPIN (1851-1904)
The Story of an Hour
44
3
ANTON CHEKHOV (1860-1994)
Constance Garnett
An Upheaval
47
7
WILLA CATHER (1876-1947)
Paul's Case
54
16
JAMES JOYCE (1885-1930)
Eveline
70
5
D.H. LAWRENCE (1885-1930)
The Rocking Horse Winner
75
13
KATHRINE ANNE PORTER (1890-1980)
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
88
8
WILLIAM FAULKNER (1897-1962)
A Rose for Emily
96
8
ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961)
A Clean, Well Lighted Place
104
4
JORGE LUIS BORGES (1899-1986)
Anthony Kerrigan
The Library of Babel
108
7
JOHN STEINBECK (1902-1968)
The Chrysanthemums
115
9
RICHARD WRIGHT (1908-1960)
The Man Who Was Almost a Man
124
11
EUDORA WELTY (B. 1909)
Livvie
135
12
RALPH ELLISON (1914-1995)
Flying Home
147
16
SHIRLEY JACKSON (1919-1965)
The Lottery
163
7
DORIS LESSING (B. 1919)
A Woman on a Roof
170
8
FLANNERY O'CONNOR (1925-1964)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
178
13
GABRIEL GARICA MARQUEZ (B. 1928)
Gregory Rabassa
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
191
6
CHINUA ACHEBE (B. 1930)
Marriage Is a Private Affair
197
6
ALICE MUNRO (B. 1931)
Wild Swans
203
8
JOHN UPDIKE (B. 1932)
A & P
211
6
RAYMOND CARVER (1938-1988)
Cathedral
217
13
JOYCE CAROL OATES (B. 1938)
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
230
14
MARGARET ATWOOD (B. 1939)
Rape Fantasies
244
8
BOBBIE ANN MASON (B. 1940)
Shiloh
252
12
ALICER WALKER (B. 1944)
Everyday Use
264
8
DAGOBERTO GILB (B. 1950)
Look on the Bright Side
272
9
AMY TAN (B. 1952)
Two Kinds
281
10
SANDRA CISNEROS (B. 1954)
Barbie-Q
291
2
LOUISE ERDRICH (B. 1954)
The Red Convertible
293
10
Acknowledgments
303
4
Index of Critical Terms
307