The Shape of Fiction :  British and American Short Stories 

 - New York :  McGraW-Hill,  1967. 
 - 542 p. 
<br/><br/> Biographical Notes p. 525 - Author Index p. 541 - Title Index p. 542. 
<br/><br/> The Shape of Fiction: British and American Stories is an analytical text, wich includes with each story, analysis and questions that lead the student toward interpretation.<br/>Brief introductions acquaint the student with each significant aspect of fiction. The collection covers the full range of American fiction from the "classics" of Poe, and James to such "modern classics" as those of Hemingway, Faulkner, K. A. Porter. Contemporary writers including Updike, Purdy appear together with the masters of English short fiction: Conrad, Joyce, Lawrence and H. G. Wells.<br/>This material is organized by means of the basic aspects of genre: plot, character, mood, theme, style and point of view. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>CRITICA LITERARIA--CUENTO--IRLANDA<br/>CRÍTICA LITERARIA--CUENTO--REINO UNIDO<br/>CRÍTICA LITERARIA--CUENTO--ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA<br/>LITERATURA--REINO UNIDO--IRLANDA--ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA<br/>CUENTO--REINO UNIDO--IRLANDA--ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA