A People's History of English and American LiteratureWith special emphasis on literary merit, this book chronicles the literature of the great nations of Britain and America from their earliest origins to the twenty-first century. |
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Page 119
... short , short stories ever written . Titled " The Story of an Hour " ( 1894 ) the plot shocked readers beyond belief . No one would hear from a supposedly devoted young wife the whispered words " Free ! Body and soul free ! " on being ...
... short , short stories ever written . Titled " The Story of an Hour " ( 1894 ) the plot shocked readers beyond belief . No one would hear from a supposedly devoted young wife the whispered words " Free ! Body and soul free ! " on being ...
Page 171
... short stories is William Sydney Porter , more easily recognized by his pseudonym O. Henry . His rapid popularity came first as a result of his cleverness in his management of surprising plots and in the reproduction of slangy vernacular ...
... short stories is William Sydney Porter , more easily recognized by his pseudonym O. Henry . His rapid popularity came first as a result of his cleverness in his management of surprising plots and in the reproduction of slangy vernacular ...
Page 176
... short story form in order to meet the pressing deadlines . His famous short story " The Rich Boy " appeared in an anthology in 1926 , and then suddenly and with little warning the Jazz Age was over and so it seemed was Fitzgerald's ...
... short story form in order to meet the pressing deadlines . His famous short story " The Rich Boy " appeared in an anthology in 1926 , and then suddenly and with little warning the Jazz Age was over and so it seemed was Fitzgerald's ...
Contents
The AngloSaxon or Old English Period 4501066 | 1 |
The Revival of Learning and the Renaissance 14851660 | 11 |
The Puritan Interlude 16401660 | 23 |
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