Reading for Storyness: Preclosure Theory, Empirical Poetics, and Culture in the Short Story
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The short story has been a staple of American literature since the nineteenth century, taught in virtually every high school and consistently popular among adult readers. But what makes a short story unique? In Reading for Storyness, Susan Lohafer, former president of the Society for the Study of the Short Story, argues that there is much more than length separating short stories from novels and other works of fiction. With its close readings...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801873983
ISBN13:9780801873980
Release Date:December 2003
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.0" x 8.7"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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