Book Review: Jennifer J. Smith, The American Short Story Cycle (Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh UP, 2018, 194 p.)

In this insightful study, Jennifer Smith moves from a lucid reflection on the controversial debate over the origins, characteristics and literary labels attributed to the short story cycle as a genre to explore how American cycles have contributed to articulating the problematic notion of modern su...

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I publikationen:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jsse,
Huvudupphovsman: Cardi, Luciana
Materialtyp: Article ou chapitre numérique
Språk:Anglais
Publicerad: Journal of the Short Story in English 2019
Länkar:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sammanfattning:In this insightful study, Jennifer Smith moves from a lucid reflection on the controversial debate over the origins, characteristics and literary labels attributed to the short story cycle as a genre to explore how American cycles have contributed to articulating the problematic notion of modern subjectivity from the nineteenth century to contemporary times, in periods of cultural and ideological change. She examines texts by authors from different historical and ethnic backgrounds to illust...