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100 1 _aAtkinson, William Patterson,
_d1869-1943
245 1 4 _aThe Short-story
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2007
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2007-06-29
505 0 _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).
508 _aProduced by Juliet Sutherland, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Allyn and Bacon, 1916
653 _aShort stories
700 1 _aHarte, Bret,
_d1836-1902
700 1 _aHawthorne, Nathaniel,
_d1804-1864
700 1 _aIrving, Washington,
_d1783-1859
700 1 _aKipling, Rudyard,
_d1865-1936
700 1 _aPoe, Edgar Allan,
_d1809-1849
700 1 _aStevenson, Robert Louis,
_d1850-1894
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21964
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