American Short Story Writers Even though America is quite young compared to the rest of the world, its literary canon contains much depth, culture, and quality, and the American short story is one of the canon's staples. In the 19th century, as the nation was still a young country, ...
O. Henry (1862-1910) was an American short story author whose real name was William Sydney Porter. Henry's works reflected his wide range of experiences and are distinctive for its witticism(俏皮) clever wordplay and unexpected twist stories.Like many other writers, O. Henry's early career ...
Henry is one of the American famous short story writers. His novels expose(揭露) the darkness of capitalism (资本主义) from different points of view, describe the difficult life of lower class, praise their friendship and love to happy life. As we all know, O. Henry's endings are always...
Henry is one of the American famous short-story writers. His novels expose (揭露) the darkness of capitalism (资本主义) from different points of view, describe the difficult life of lower class, and praise their friendship and love for happy life.As we all know, O. Henry's endings are ...
Sherwood Anderson was an author who strongly influenced American writing between World Wars I and II, particularly the technique of the short story. His writing had an impact on such notable writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner, both of whom
Short stories, AmericanAsian America has produced numerous short-story writers in the 20th century. Some emerged after World War II, yet most of these writers have flourished since 1980. The first reference of its kind, this volume includes alphabetically arranged entries for 49 nationally and ...
John Hawkes(born Aug. 17, 1925,Stamford, Conn., U.S.—died May 15, 1998,Providence, R.I.) was an American author whose novels achieve a dreamlike (often nightmarish) intensity through thesuspensionof traditional narrative constraints. He considered a story’s structure his main concern; in ...
【24集全】TTC 美国短篇小说名著 Great American Short Stories A Guide for Writers and Readers 3.6万播放 【001】 “Come In Here” How Stories Draw Us In 33:17 【002】Discovering the American Short Story 33:39 【003】The Storytelling Instinct in America 31:54 【004】Storytelling and American ...
The American Short Story - short story, into the early 1950s and advent of television viewingThomas Wolfe and F. Scott Fitzgerald - examples of writers, whose stories provided a crucial source of incomeshort stories, a source of income - readership of mass-circulation and literary magazines as...
This collection of original and classic essays examines thecontributions that female authors have made to the short story. Theintroductory chapter discusses why genre critics have ignored worksby women and why feminist scholars have ignored the short storygenre. Subsequent chapters discuss early stories ...