{"product_id":"9780470655429","title":"The American Short Story Handbook","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe American Short Story Handbook\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJames Nagel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Short Stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses the ways in which American oral storytelling and other narrative traditions were integral to the formation and flourishing of the short story genre\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Nagel\u003c\/b\u003e is the Eidson Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia and a Visiting Scholar at Dartmouth College, USA. He is President of the Society for the Study of the American Short Story and Former President of the International Ernest Hemingway Society.  Early in his career he founded the scholarly journal \u003ci\u003eStudies in American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and the widely influential series \u003ci\u003eCritical Essays on American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, which published 156 volumes of scholarship.  Among his twenty-three books are \u003ci\u003eStephen Crane and Literary Impressionism\u003c\/i\u003e (1980)\u003ci\u003e, Hemingway in Love and War\u003c\/i\u003e (1989, which was made into a Hollywood film starring Sandra Bullock), \u003ci\u003eThe Contemporary American Short-Story Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e (2001)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthology of The American Short Story\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to the American Short Story\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eRace and Culture in Stories of New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e (2014)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He has been a Fulbright Professor as well as a Rockefeller Fellow. He has published some eighty articles in the field and lectured on American literature in fifteen countries\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 March 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780470655429\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315757346956,"sku":"9780470655429","price":45.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780470655429_76c95c37-e6ce-4bad-a612-7e7830a466f0.jpg?v=1780145578","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780470655429","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}