{"product_id":"9781119685647","title":"A Companion to the American Short Story","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to the American Short Story\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlfred Bendixen | James Nagel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA COMPANION TO \u003cb\u003eTHE AMERICAN SHORT STORY\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the American Short Story\u003c\/i\u003e traces the development of this versatile literary genre over the past two centuries. Written by leading critics in the field, and edited by two major scholars, it explores a wide range of writers, from Edgar Allen Poe and Edith Wharton, at the end of the nineteenth century to important modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Richard Wright. Contributions with a broader focus address groups of multiethnic, Asian, and Jewish writers. Each chapter places the short story into context, focusing on the interaction of cultural forces and aesthetic principles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e takes account of cutting edge approaches to literary studies and contributes to the ongoing redefinition of the American canon, embracing genres such as ghost and detective fiction, cycles of interrelated short fiction, and comic, social and political stories. The volume also reflects the diverse communities that have adopted this literary form and made it their own, featuring entries on a variety of feminist and multicultural traditions. This volume presents an important new consideration of the role of the short story in the literary history of American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred Bendixen\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at Princeton University, Texas A\u0026amp;M University, California State University – Los Angeles, and Barnard College. He is best known as the founder and Executive Director of the American Literature Association. His recent work focuses on the development of genre in a democratic society and includes \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Judith Hamera (2009); \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the American Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 2012); \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge History of American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Stephen Burt (2015); and \u003ci\u003eThe Centrality of Crime Fiction in American Literary Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Olivia Carr Edenfield (Routledge 2017). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Nagel\u003c\/b\u003e is the Eidson Distinguished Professor of American Literature Emeritus at the University of Georgia. From 2012 to 2018 he served as Resident Scholar at Dartmouth College. Early in his career he founded the scholarly journal \u003ci\u003eStudies in American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and the widely influential series Critical Essays on American Literature. Among his 24 books are \u003ci\u003eStephen Crane and Literary Impressionism,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHemingway in Love and War\u003c\/i\u003e (which was made into a Hollywood film directed by Lord Richard Attenborough), \u003ci\u003eThe Contemporary American Short-Story Cycle,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRace and Culture in New Orleans Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published some 80 articles in the field, and he has lectured on American literature in 17 countries. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 August 2020\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\u003e9781119685647\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\u003e536\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e34.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315272642700,"sku":"9781119685647","price":54.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119685647_c0545081-cf3e-4b66-8764-8264f3be6f6d.jpg?v=1780103901","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119685647","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}