TY - BOOK AU - Liggins,Emma AU - Maunder,Andrew AU - Robbins,Ruth TI - The British short story T2 - Outlining literature SN - 9780230551718 (pbk.) AV - PR829 .L54 2011 U1 - 823.0109 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Houndmills Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Short stories, English KW - History and criticism KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Short Stories KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: What is a Short Story? -- PART I -- Introducing the Victorian and Edwardian Short Story -- Victorian Sensations: Supernatural and Weird Tales -- New Woman Short Stories -- Imperial Adventures and Colonial Tales -- PART II -- Introduction to the Twentieth-Century Short Story -- The_Short Story and the Great War -- Experiment and Continuity: The Modernist Short Story -- The Short Story and Genre Fiction: The Strange Case of the Same Old, Same Old Story -- PART III -- 1945_and After: An Introduction to the Post-war Short Story -- Women's Stories, 1940s to the Present -- Multiculturalism and Relationships: The British Short Story Today -- Bibliography N2 - "The short story remains a crucial if neglected - part of British literary heritage. This accessible and up-to-date critical overview maps out the main strands and figures that shaped the British short story and novella from the 1850s to the present. It offers new readings of both classic and forgotten texts in a clear, jargon-free way"--Provided by publisher; "The short story remains a crucial if neglected - part of British literary heritage. This accessible and up-to-date critical overview maps out the main strands and figures that shaped the British short story and novella from the 1850s to the present. It offers new readings of both classic and forgotten texts in a clear, jargon-free way"-- UR - http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1388/2293383/image/lgcover.9780230551718.jpg ER -