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Short Fiction
Fourth Edition
by Charles H. Bohner and Dean Dougherty
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NEW--Now includes the writings of more authors who have contributed to
America's literary heritage: Benjamin Franklin, Washington Irving, and Langston
Hughes.
NEW--More stories by contemporary authors including Dorothy Allison, Bobbie
Ann Mason, and John Wideman, among others.
NEW--Includes more works by Margaret Atwood, Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin,
Stephen Crane, Jamaica Kincaid, Alice Munro, Edgar Allan Poe, and Alice Walker.
NEW--This edition has been refocused to humanize authors by presenting writers
as real people doing real work.
NEW--Presents a greater representation of stories on The Holocaust and the
Vietnam War.
NEW--Presents more diverse material in the 'Writers on Writing' section.
NEW--The glossary has been enlarged and expanded to include extensive
comments on major terms, with most of these terms pointing to specific examples
within the anthology.
Designed to familiarize students with major writers and differing approaches to the
art of storytelling.
Features multicultural perspectives with stories from Canada, Australia, Brazil,
Germany, West Indies, Ireland, Russia, Argentina, England, Mexico, South America,
South Africa, New Zealand, Italy, Japan, Botswana, France, Denmark, Iceland, and
Colombia.
Provides an introduction to the elements of fiction.
Provides biographical notes on each author and a glossary of literary terms.
Features significant representation of women writers.
Includes an expanded section on Writers on Writing.
Features updated biographies throughout.
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