John Wain, Remarks on the short story
The short story is, of course, sui generis; it is not an unsatisfactory form of the long story. It is a form on its own, with its own laws and its own logic. A short story has its natural length. It isn’t trying to do the same thing as a novel. It has ground staked out which is its own ground. Hist...
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Journal of the Short Story in English
2008
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | The short story is, of course, sui generis; it is not an unsatisfactory form of the long story. It is a form on its own, with its own laws and its own logic. A short story has its natural length. It isn’t trying to do the same thing as a novel. It has ground staked out which is its own ground. Historically, it is not an ancient form. It’s very much a modern form. It belongs to modern literature, the literature of about the last hundred years. It comes into being at about the same time as the... |
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