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Teaching the Short Story

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Ailsa Cox

    1. Edge Hill University, UK

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Part of the book series: Teaching the New English (TENEEN)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ailsa Cox
    Pages 1-12

  3. Short Shorts: Exploring Relevance and Filling in Narratives

    • Paola Trimarco
    Pages 13-27

  4. Questioning Short Stories: Joyce, Barnes and Simpson

    • Michael Greaney
    Pages 28-42

  5. Raymond Carver and the Power of Style

    • Martin Scofield
    Pages 43-59

  6. Women Writers

    • Linden Peach
    Pages 60-75

  7. The Postcolonial Experience: The South East Asian Short Story in English

    • Dean Baldwin
    Pages 76-95

  8. The Science Fiction Short Story

    • Andy Sawyer
    Pages 96-116

  9. Story and Film

    • Peter Wright
    Pages 117-146

  10. Why Teaching the Short Story Today is a Thankless Task

    • Charles E. May
    Pages 147-160

  11. Postgraduate Research

    • Ailsa Cox
    Pages 161-173

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 174-204
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About this book

The short story is moving from relative neglect to a central position in the curriculum; as a teaching tool, it offers students a route into many complex areas, including critical theory, gender studies, postcolonialism and genre. This book offers a practical guide to the short story in the classroom, covering all these fields and more.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Edge Hill University, UK

    Ailsa Cox

About the editor

DEAN BALDWIN, Professor of English, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, USA MICHAEL GREANEY, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Lancaster, UK CHARLES E. MAY, Professor Emeritus of Literature, California State University, Long Beach, USA LINDEN PEACH, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Edge Hill University, UK ANDY SAWYER, Librarian of the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, University of Liverpool, UK MARTIN SCOFIELD, Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, UK PAOLA TRIMARCO, Lecturer in Sociolinguistics and Literary Stylistics, Open University, UK PETER WRIGHT, Reader in Speculative Fictions, Edge Hill University, UK

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