A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story

• Main Authors: Malcolm, David, Malcolm, Cheryl Alexander
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, Mass. Chichester England Wiley-Blackwell 2008; Blackwell Publishing; John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Series: Blackwell companions to literature and culture
• Subjects: English fiction; English fiction > Irish authors > History and criticism; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; European; History and criticism; Irish authors; LITERARY CRITICISM; Short stories, English > History and criticism; Short stories, English > Themes, motives; Belletristik; Romane Sekundärliteratur
• ISBN: 1405145374; 9781405145374; 144430478X; 9781444304787; 9781444304770; 1444304771
• DOI: 10.1002/9781444304770

A Companion to the British and Irish Short Storyprovides a comprehensive treatment of short fiction writing and chronicles its development in Britain and Ireland from 1880 to the present.Provides a comprehensive treatment of the short story in Britain and Ireland as it developed over the period 1880 to the presentIncludes essays on topics and genres, as well as on individual texts and authorsComprises chapters on women’s writing, Irish fiction, gay and lesbian writing, and short fiction by immigrants to Britain