Cambridge Companion to the English Short Story

This Companion provides an accessible overview of short fiction by writers from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and other international sites. A collection of international experts examine the development of the short story in a variety of contexts from the early nineteenth century to the present. They consider how dramatic changes in the publishing landscape during this period - such as the rise of the fiction magazine and the emergence of new opportunities in online and electronic publishing - influenced the form, covering subgenres from detective fiction to flash fiction. Drawing on a wealth of critical scholarship to place the short story in the English literary tradition, this volume will be an invaluable guide for students of the short story in English.

About the author

Ann-Marie Einhaus is Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She is the author of The Short Story and the First World War (Cambridge, 2013) and coeditor, with Barbara Korte, of The Penguin Book of First World War Stories.

Summary

Featuring fourteen essays from international experts, this Companion provides an accessible overview of English-language short fiction outside of North America. It discusses the development and impact of the short story - including a variety of subgenres such as detective fiction and flash fiction - from the early nineteenth century to the present.

Product details

• Assisted by: Einhaus Ann-Marie (Editor), Ann-Marie (Northumbria University Einhaus (Editor), Ann-Marie Einhaus (Editor)
• Authors: Ann-Marie (Northumbria University Einhaus, Ann-Marie Einhaus
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 06.06.2016
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9781107084179
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08417-9
• Pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: English; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers; LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form