{"product_id":"the-new-short-story-theories-paperback","title":"The New Short Story Theories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles E. May\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first edition of May's \u003ci\u003eShort Story Theories\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) opened with an essay entitled \"The Short Story: An Underrated Art.\" Almost two decades later, the short story suffers no such slight. Publishers and critics have become increasingly interested in the form, which has enjoyed a renaissance led by such writers as Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, Ann Beattie, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Mary Robison. An important part of this revival of interest, \u003ci\u003eShort Story Theories\u003c\/i\u003e has continued to attract a strong and loyal audience among students and teachers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New Short Story Theories\u003c\/i\u003e includes a few basic pieces from the earlier volume-Poe's Hawthorne review, Brander Matthew's extension and formalization of Poe's theories, and essays by Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Bowen, and Nadine Gordimer-but most of the essays are new to the collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Addressing problems of definition, historical considerations, issues of technique, and cognitive approaches, essays include: \u003cbr\u003e \"The Tale as Genre in Short Story Fiction,\" by W. S. Penn\u003cbr\u003e \"O. Henry and the Theory of the Short Story,\" by Suzanne C. Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e \"On Writing,\" by Raymond Carver\u003cbr\u003e \"From Tale to Short Story,\" by Robert F. Marler\u003cbr\u003e \"A Cognitive Approach to Storyness,\" by Susan Lohafer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e May's new collection will continue to highlight the short story, to provoke debate, and to enrich our experience of a demanding and rewarding literary form.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first edition of May's Short Story Theories (1976) opened with an essay entitled, \"The Short Story: An Underrated Art\". Almost two decades later, the short story suffers no such slight. Publishers and critics have become increasingly interested in the form, which has enjoyed a renaissance led by such writers as Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, Ann Beattie, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Mary Robison. An important part of this revival of interest, Short Story Theories has continued to attract a strong and loyal audience among students and teachers. The New Short Story Theories includes a few basic pieces from the earlier volume - Poe's Hawthorne review, Brander Matthew's extension and formalization of Poe's theories, and essays by Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Bowen, and Nadine Gordimer - but most of the essays are new to the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles E. May\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEdgar Allan Poe: A Study of the Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Short Story: A Study of the Genre\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eShort Story Theories, Fiction's Many Words\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century European Short Story\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published over a hundred and fifty articles, mostly on the short story, in a variety of journals, books, and reference works and has developed a software program, \u003ci\u003eHyperStory\u003c\/i\u003e, available from D. C. Heath Publishers, for short story instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 363\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9.02 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695118217523,"sku":"9780821410875","price":48.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/R2h2L1BzMVZ1N3ZETWRYSkpvdjcydz09.webp?v=1763081858","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-new-short-story-theories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}