The Oxford Book of American Short Stories

The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 896
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ISBN-10 : 9780199744398
ISBN-13 : 0199744394
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Book Synopsis The Oxford Book of American Short Stories by : Joyce Carol Oates

Download or read book The Oxford Book of American Short Stories written by Joyce Carol Oates and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joyce Carol Oates has performed a full review of her acclaimed 1992 anthology, The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, and in this second edition embraces those authors who have come to define turn-of-the-century American literature. Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Diaz, Richard Ford, and David Foster Wallace are just a few of the authors whose stories are now represented. Each story is accompanied by a brief introduction, and there is also a fascinating introductory essay by Joyce Carol Oates that explains why these stories form the foundation of the American literary canon, and the trends and innovations that have taken place in the last twenty years.


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