Kasia Boddy, The American Short Story since 1950
In this volume on American short fiction, published in 2010, Kasia Boddy offers a concise panorama of the genre’s evolution since the Second World War. Contextualizing the topic in the introduction, she describes the paradox of the short story in the United States. While its focus on locality and t...
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Journal of the Short Story in English
2014
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| Online toegang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Samenvatting: | In this volume on American short fiction, published in 2010, Kasia Boddy offers a concise panorama of the genre’s evolution since the Second World War. Contextualizing the topic in the introduction, she describes the paradox of the short story in the United States. While its focus on locality and the different voices that constitute the nation made it an appropriate form for conveying the essence of American experience, granting short fiction the status of a national art form at the turn of ... |
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