The united stories of America : studies in the short story composite /

Lundén, Rolf

The united stories of America : studies in the short story composite / Rolf Lundén. - Amsterdam Rodopi B.V. ©1999 - 208 páginas 22 cm. - Costerus new series ; 122 .

Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [185]-201) e índice.

On the definition of a genre -- Sketching the generic boundaries -- Coherence and closure in the short story composite -- Indeterminacy and open form in the short story composite -- E pluribus unum : the Americanness of the short story composite -- The fringe story- or, how to integrate the resisting text -- Subverting social and narrative convention : Eudora Welty's The golden apples -- A multiplicity of myths : The golden apples.

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Cuentos norteamericanos ---Historia y crítica
Ciclos (Literatura)
Short stories, American ----History and criticism
Cycles (Literature)

PS 374 S5 / L83 1999