British and Irish Short Story Handbook

The British and Irish Short Story Handbook guides readers through the development of the short story and the unique critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction. It includes a wide-ranging analysis of non-canonical and non-realist writers as well as the major authors and their works, providing a comprehensive and much-needed appraisal of this area. Guides readers through the development of the short story and critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction Offers a detailed discussion of the range of genres in the British and Irish short story Includes extensive analysis of non-canonical writers, such as Hubert Crackanthorpe, Ella D'Arcy, T.F. Powys, A.E. Coppard, Julian Maclaren-Ross, Mollie Panter-Downes, Denton Welch, and Sylvia Townsend Warner Provide a wide-ranging discussion of non-realist and experimental short stories Includes a large section on the British short story in the Second World War

Product details

• Authors: David Malcolm, David (University of Gdansk) Malcolm
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2012
• EAN: 9781444330465
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3046-5
• No. of pages: 364
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature; Blackwell Literature Handbooks; Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks; Blackwell Literature Handbooks
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Literaturwissenschaft, Literaturgeschichte, Literature, Literaturkritik u. -geschichte, Literary Criticism & History