![]() Among these are Joan Acocella on Angela Carter, Anthony Doerr on "Reading The Story and Its Writer," and George Saunders on reading Barthelme’s "The School." Of the 19 suggested pairs, new ones include Mary Austin’s take on Washington Irving’s "Rip Van Winkle" Raymond Carver’s adaptation of the biblical "The Prodigal Son" and Lydia Davis’ portrayal of mothers and daughters (which connects to Jamaica Kincaid’s "Girl").ġ4 new commentaries. More paired or related stories to encourage students to make connections and offer new ways to teach some of the classics. ![]() 32 new stories include very recent works by Anthony Doerr, George Saunders, Alison Bechdel (graphic fiction) and Zadie Smith, along with fresh works from established authors such as Angela Carter, Don DeLillo, Alice Munro, and Jack Kerouac. A PDF is available for download on the instructor resources tab.Ī stellar array of classic and contemporary stories. It offers sample syllabi, ways to approach each story in the classroom, selection-specific questions for discussion and writing, and suggestions for further readings on each author. A glossary of literary terms to provide additional supportĪ comprehensive instructor’s manual.Appendices focusing on reading and writing about short fiction (with annotated readings and sample student essays) the elements of fiction the history of the genre and literary theory and criticism.Lengthy headnotes that introduce each writer.Abundant for those who want it, yet unobtrusive for those who don't, the apparatus includes: Thorough editorial apparatus that keeps the focus on the writers. Much-taught stories (James Baldwin’s "Sonny’s Blues," Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper," and Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?").Important authors (Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor).Each casebook includes images and multiple commentaries by and about the featured writer or work. Illustrated, in-depth Casebooks on important authors, stories, and genres. Cross-referenced to individual stories and writers for easy use, the 79 commentaries show how writers think and write about literature, providing students with unparalleled opportunities for discussion and writing. The most extensive selection of commentaries in a fiction anthology. ![]() From classic fiction by Ernest Hemingway and Kate Chopin to acclaimed very contemporary work by Junot Diaz and Jhumpa Lahiri, The Story and Its Writer is both comprehensive and diverse. Selected by Ann Charters, who has an unmatched ability for choosing stories that become classroom standards, the 112 alphabetically arranged stories by 93 writers represent a variety found in no other anthology of this kind. The new, trimmer, tenth edition features many very recent stories and commentaries by up-and-coming writers a new Casebook on short shorts or flash fiction and an expanded focus on why we read, study, and write about short fiction.Ī superb and up-to-date collection of stories. To complement the stories, Charters includes her signature innovation: an array of the writers’ own commentaries on the craft and traditions of fiction. The six Casebooks provide in-depth, illustrated studies of particular writers or genres, for unparalleled opportunities for discussion and writing. Instructors look forward to every new edition of her bestselling anthology to see what stories her constant search for new fiction and neglected classics will turn up. The bestselling introduction to fiction anthology where stories and their writers do the talkingĪnn Charters has an acute sense of which stories work most effectively in the classroom and knows that writers, not editors, have the most interesting and useful things to say about the making and the meaning of fiction.
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