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Types of the short story; selected stories with reading lists

par Benjamin A. Heydrick

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Excerpt from Types of the Short Story: Selected Stories With Reading Lists The prominence of the short story as a literary form has led to the preparation of several textbooks on the subject. Some of these are treatises on the technique of the short story, others give specimens selected to show the historical development of the type. But a course in the writing of short stories belongs in college work, and the study of the evolution of literary forms has its proper place in the university. The present volume is prepared for the high school student. It does not aim to.trace the develop ment of the' short story, but accepting it as a literary type, considers the chief forms in which it is found today. To this end thirteen stories, each illustrating a well-defined type, are presented. Each selection is followed by brief comment and a list of other stories of the same type, the purpose being to lead-the student to a wider and more intelligent reading in this enjoyable field of literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.… (plus d'informations)

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While obviously intended as a book for students (the editor, Benjamin A. Heydrick, of the "High School of Commerce, New York City," edited this book "for school use"), the majority of the stories still entertain a full century after their original publications. There is a very good introduction to the collection which includes some academic definitions of "the tale and the short story," as well as a good bibilography, and a look at story types, purpose, titles, etc. with lists of questions to help bring out more meaning for the reader, e.g., plots, characters, style, etc. Each story is offered as a different story type, e.g., "love story," "psychological story," "story of terror." Each story is followed up by a list of other examples of the type. It should be noted that the use of language in some of the stories is older and that references are sometimes murky due to the march of time. The editor has included plenty of footnotes to assist with some of this and with vocabulary which is now considered obsolete.

Here is a list of the stories and authors as they are presented in the book (with original publication date):

"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving (1819)
"The Ambitious Guest" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1837)
"Namgay Doola" by Rudyard Kipling (1890)
"Two of Them" by James M. Barrie (1893)
"The Sire De Maletroit's Door" by Robert Louis Stevenson (1882)
"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allen Poe (1843)
"The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1859)
"My Double, and How He Undid Me" by Edward Everett Hale (1859)
"Cree Queery and Mysy Drolly" by James M. Barrie (1888)
"Moti Guj-Mutineer" by Rudyard Kipling (1890)
"Dr. Heidigger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1837)
"The Gold-Bug" by Edgar Allen Poe (1843)
"Markheim" by Robert Louis Stevenson (1887)

This is a fine collection of older short stories that serious readers will enjoy. (

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Excerpt from Types of the Short Story: Selected Stories With Reading Lists The prominence of the short story as a literary form has led to the preparation of several textbooks on the subject. Some of these are treatises on the technique of the short story, others give specimens selected to show the historical development of the type. But a course in the writing of short stories belongs in college work, and the study of the evolution of literary forms has its proper place in the university. The present volume is prepared for the high school student. It does not aim to.trace the develop ment of the' short story, but accepting it as a literary type, considers the chief forms in which it is found today. To this end thirteen stories, each illustrating a well-defined type, are presented. Each selection is followed by brief comment and a list of other stories of the same type, the purpose being to lead-the student to a wider and more intelligent reading in this enjoyable field of literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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