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This anthology is an international collection of stories and essays by critically-acclaimed authors, chosen for their intellectual and emotional appeal. Each story or essay is one to six pages in length, making these authors' short works easily accessible to a wide reading public. It provides an exciting taste of global literature, with classic, modern, and avant garde short stories. KEY TOPICS: Over 100 authors are presented, including Alice Walker, Yasunari Kawabata, Helen Vivien Viramontes, Anton Chekhov, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Dickens, and Joyce Carol Oates, to name only a few. MARKET: For those readers interested in an excellent collection of short stories by the world's most renowned writers.

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This outstanding anthology is comprised of acclaimed authors from diverse cultures and both genders. Organized alphabetically and stylistically, CRAFTING'S wealth of classic, modern, and avant-garde fiction features numerous genres and serves as an excellent introduction to the authors' longer works. The text includes writing instruction, exercises, a glossary of literary terms, scholarly commentary, and 14 personal essays by the writers on form, key stylistic elements, and stories included in the collection. The rich variety of narratives and the overall reader-friendly structure make this compendium an essential tool for teaching fiction and crafting the very short story.

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  • Title Crafting the Very Short Story: An Anthology of 100 Masterpieces
  • Author Mark Mills
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pearson, Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A.
  • Date June 20, 2002
  • ISBN 9780130867629 / 0130867624
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 6 x 9 x 1.1 in (15.24 x 22.86 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Short story - Authorship
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002019741
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.31
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