GreatAmericanShortStories:FromHawthornetoHemingway(Barnes&NobleClassics)

GreatAmericanShortStories:FromHawthornetoHemingwayispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Alleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences?biographical,historical,andliterary?toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.Uniquelycapableofcapturingamomentintime,theshortstoryoccupiesacherishedplaceinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.Duringthelast200years,someofthisnation’sgreatestwritershaveproducedoutstandingexamplesofthisartform,manyofwhichareincludedinthiscollection.Beginningwithwell-knownstoriesbyHawthorne,Melville,andPoe,thisdiverseandcolorfulcollectionincludestalesbyMarkTwain,AmbroseBierce,SherwoodAnderson,HenryJames,EdithWharton,WillaCather,StephenCrane,andMaryWilkinsFreeman.FromSarahOrneJewett’sportraitsofruralMainetoF.ScottFitzgerald’sbrillianttalesfromtheJazzAge,thesestoriesspanthebreadthoftheAmericanexperience.Inadditiontoacknowledgedmastersoftheshortstoryform,suchasO.Henry,JackLondon,andErnestHemingway,thisvolumefeaturesstoriesbyCharlesW.Chesnutt,thefirstimportantAfrican-Americannovelist,andCharlottePerkinsGilman,aleadingtheoristoftheearlywomen’smovement.CorinneDemasisProfessorofEnglishatMountHolyokeCollegeandafictioneditoroftheMassachusettsReview.ShehasaPh.D.inEnglishandComparativeLiteraturefromColumbiaUniversity.Sheistheauthoroftwocollectionsofshortstories,twonovels,amemoir,andnumerousbooksforchildren.