TY - BOOK AU - Achilles,Jochen AU - Balestrini,Nassim Winnie AU - Basseler,Michael AU - Bergmann,Ina AU - Blin,Lynn AU - Buchholtz,Mirosława AU - Clark,Robert C. AU - Coleman,Philip AU - Däwes,Birgit AU - Farrell,Susan AU - Fash,Lydia G. AU - Graybill,Mark S. AU - Grimwood,Michael AU - Guttzeit,Gero AU - Hartmann,Johanna AU - Hornung,Alfred AU - Kelley,Christina AU - Kersten,Holger AU - Knopf,Kerstin AU - Müller,Timo AU - Nagel,James AU - Newton,Frank AU - Obenland,Frank AU - Pöhlmann,Sascha AU - Redling,Erik AU - Rodiek,Nele AU - Scheiding,Oliver AU - Schlarb,Damien B. AU - Schweighauser,Philipp AU - Schäfer,Stefanie AU - Straub,Julia AU - Tangedal,Ross K. AU - Tracy,Steven AU - Völz,Sabrina TI - Handbook of the American Short Story T2 - Handbooks of English and American Studies : Text and Theory SN - 9783110585230 AV - PS374.S5 .H363 2022 U1 - 813.0109 23 PY - 2022///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter KW - Short stories, American KW - History and criticism KW - Kanadische Literatur KW - Kurzgeschichte KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - American short story KW - Fiction KW - Literary Criticism KW - Publishing N1 - Frontmatter --; Editors’ Preface --; Contents --; 0 Introduction: The American Short Story – Past and Present --; Part I: Systematic Questions --; 1 Of Sketches, Tales, and Stories: Theoretical Reflections on the Genre of the Short Story --; 2 Canon Formation and the American Short Story --; 3 Current Approaches to the American Short Story --; 4 Textual Materiality, Magazine Culture, and the American Short Story --; Part II: Close Readings --; 5 Washington Irving (1783–1859) --; 6 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) --; 7 Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) --; 8 Herman Melville (1819–1891) --; 9 Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens, 1835–1910) --; 10 Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932) --; 11 Kate Chopin (1850–1904) --; 12 Henry James (1843–1916) --; 13 Jack London (1876–1916) --; 14 Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938) --; 15 Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) --; 16 Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) --; 17 Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) --; 18 William Faulkner (1897–1962) --; 19 Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) --; 20 James Baldwin (1924–1987) --; 21 Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) --; 22 Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) --; 23 Grace Paley (1922–2007) --; 24 Donald Barthelme (1931–1989) --; 25 Tim O’Brien (1946–) --; 26 Raymond Carver (1938–1988) --; 27 Alice Walker (1944–) --; 28 Leslie Marmon Silko (1948–) --; 29 Sandra Cisneros (1954–) --; 30 Louise Erdrich (1954–) --; 31 Lydia Davis (1947–) --; 32 George Saunders (1958–) --; 33 Junot Díaz (1968–) --; 34 Yiyun Li (1972–) --; 35 N.K. Jemisin (1972–) --; Index of Names --; Index of Subjects --; List of Contributors; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - The American short story has always been characterized by exciting aesthetic innovations and an immense range of topics. This handbook offers students and researchers a comprehensive introduction to the multifaceted genre with a special focus on recent developments due to the rise of new media. Part I provides systematic overviews of significant contexts ranging from historical-political backgrounds, short story theories developed by writers, print and digital culture, to current theoretical approaches and canon formation. Part II consists of 35 paired readings of representative short stories by eminent authors, charting major steps in the evolution of the American short story from its beginnings as an art form in the early nineteenth century up to the digital age. The handbook examines historically, methodologically, and theoretically the coming together of the enduring narrative practice of compression and concision in American literature. It offers fresh and original readings relevant to studying the American short story and shows how the genre performs American culture UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110587647 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110587647 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110587647/original ER -