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Informationen zum Autor Cheryl Alexander Malcolm is Associate Professor in the Department of American Literature and Culture, English Institute, University of Gdansk, Poland David Malcolm is Professor and Chair, Department of Literary Studies, English Institute, University of Gdansk, Poland Klappentext A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story chronicles the development of this important literary form in Britain and Ireland from 1880 to the present. Part I covers the years up to 1945 and examines the short fiction that emerged around such themes as imperial adventures, responses to war, and detective and crime stories. Authors covered in this period include Robert Louis Stevenson, James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and Elizabeth Bowen. Part II reflects the range of themes, and richer diversity of authorship, that developed during the postwar years, including feminist writings, gay and lesbian fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and short stories by Asian and Afro-Caribbean writers. Doris Lessing, Angela Carter, Hanif Kureishi, J.G. Ballard, and Ben Okri, are just some of the authors discussed in these chapters.Incorporating a wide range of approaches, A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story captures the astonishing range of modern short fiction produced in Britain and Ireland from the end of the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story chronicles the development of this important literary form in Britain and Ireland from 1880 to the present. Part 1 covers the years up to 1945 and examines the short fiction that emerged around such themes as imperial adventures, responses to war, and detective and crime stories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors ix Preface xv Part I: 1880-1945 1 Introduction 3 1 The British and Irish Short Story to 1945 5 Cheryl Alexander Malcolm and David Malcolm Topics and Genres 17 2 The Story of Colonial Adventure 19 Mariadele Boccardi 3 Responses to War: 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 35 Richard Greaves 4 Irish Short Fiction: 1880-1945 51 Patrick Lonergan 5 The Detective and Crime Story: 1880-1945 65 Jopi Nyman 6 The British and Irish Ghost Story and Tale of the Supernatural: 1880-1945 81 Becky DiBiasio 7 Finding a Voice: Women Writing the Short Story (to 1945) 96 Sabine Coelsch-Foisner 8 Rudyard Kipling's Art of the Short Story 114 David Malcolm Reading Individual Authors and Texts 129 9 Robert Louis Stevenson: "The Bottle Imp," "The Beach of Falesá," and "Markheim" 131 Michael Meyer 10 Thomas Hardy: Wessex Tales 140 David Grylls 11 Joseph Conrad: "The Secret Sharer" and "An Outpost of Progress" 149 Christopher Thomas Cairney 12 The Short Stories of Hector Hugh Munro ("Saki") 157 Sandie Byrne 13 Paralysis Re-considered: James Joyce's Dubliners 165 Richard Greaves 14 H.G. Wells's Short Stories: "The Country of the Blind" and "The Door in the Wall" 174 Sabine Coelsch-Foisner 15 D.H. Lawrence's Short Stories: "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" and "The Rocking Horse Winner" 183 Kathryn Miles 16 Virginia Woolf: "Kew Gardens" and "The Legacy" 193 Stef Craps 17 Katherine Mansfi eld: "The Garden Party" and "Marriage à la Mode" 202 Jennifer E. Dunn 18 Frank O'Connor: "Guests of the Nation" and "My Oedipus Complex" 211 Greg Winston 19 The Short Stories of Liam O'Flaherty 221 Shawn O'Hare 20 W. Somerset Maugham's Ashenden Stories 227 David Malcolm 21 Elizabeth Bowen: "The Demon Lover" and "Mysterious Kôr" 236 Sarah Dillon Part II: 1945-the Present 245 Introduction 247 22 The British...
