TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - The Cambridge companion to the American short story T2 - Cambridge companions to literature A2 - Collins, Michael J. (Michael James), 1984- toimittaja A2 - Jones, Gavin Roger, 1968- toimittaja LA - eng PP - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2023 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5692678 AB - "This Companion offers students and scholars a comprehensive introduction to the development and the diversity of the American short story as a literary form from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day. Rather than define what the short story is as a genre, or defend its importance in comparison with the novel, this Companion seeks to understand what the short story does -- how it moves through national space, how it is always related to other genres and media, and how its inherent mobility responds to the literary marketplace and resonates with key critical themes in contemporary literary studies. Essays offer authoritative introductions and reinterpretations of a literary form that has reemerged as a major force in the twenty-first century public sphere dominated by the internet"-- SN - 9781009292818 kovakantinen SN - 1009292811 kovakantinen SN - 9781009292849 pehmeäkantinen SN - 1009292846 pehmeäkantinen KW - Short stories, American : History and criticism. ER -