Short Story Masterpieces
35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
$24.88
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
15 March 1954
Summary
Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matter, or tone- the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the literature of our time.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780440378648 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0440378648 |
| Author: | Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, Albert Erskine |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 1954 |
| Weight: | 283g |
| Dimensions: | 172mm x 107mm x 34mm |
| Series: | Dell |
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About The Author
Ernest Hemingway
Robert Penn Warren taught English at Yale University and was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and for poetry, and of the National Book Award for poetry. He was the author, with Cleanth Brooks, of Understanding Fiction, and of the novels All the King’s Men, World Enough and Time, Band of Angels, and Flood, as well as many other works of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. He died in 1989.
Albert Erskine was a vice president and executive editor at Random House in New York. He was also on the staff of The Southern Review and was associated with the Louisiana State University Press. He died in 1993.
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