02823cam a22003973u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000440012624500200017026400510019030000470024133600260028833700260031433800360034050000310037650502880040750801190069552012680081453400590208265300180214170000280215970000370218770000350222470000330225970000330229270000400232585600430236599900170240821964UtSlPG20260610133515.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a16020255  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPN1 aAtkinson, William Patterson,d1869-194314aThe Short-story 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2007-06-290 aIrving: Rip Van Winkle (1820)
Poe: The Gold Bug (1842); The Purloined Letter (1845)
Hawthorne: Howe's Masquerade (1838); The Birthmark (1843)
Harte: The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1869)
Stevenson: The Sire de Malétroit's Door (1878); Markheim (1885)
Kipling: Wee Willie Winkie (1888).  aProduced by Juliet Sutherland, Graeme Mackreth and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Short-story" by W. Patterson Atkinson is a collection of critical essays and representative tales, likely written in the early 20th century. This work serves both as an analytical guide on the art and evolution of the short story as a literary form and a curated anthology of notable examples from various American authors. Included within are stories from Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and others, each illustrating the richness and diversity of the short story genre, while also offering insight into the techniques and structures that define it.  At the start of the book, Atkinson discusses the historical development of storytelling and its importance across cultures and time periods, leading to the establishment of the short story as a distinct literary form. He reflects on the contributions of major American writers, emphasizing how they shaped the genre through their unique narratives, thematic explorations, and increasingly sophisticated techniques. This introductory section sets the stage for a deeper understanding of the selected stories, blending literary analysis with character and plot development in a way that appeals to both scholars and casual readers alike. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Allyn and Bacon, 1916  aShort stories1 aHarte, Bret,d1836-19021 aHawthorne, Nathaniel,d1804-18641 aIrving, Washington,d1783-18591 aKipling, Rudyard,d1865-19361 aPoe, Edgar Allan,d1809-18491 aStevenson, Robert Louis,d1850-189440uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21964  c63108d63108