2. The New Yorker Short Story at Mid-Century

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction: The American Short Story to 1950 1
5. 1. How to Write Short Stories 19
6. 2. The New Yorker Short Story at Mid-Century 37
7. 3. Experimental Fiction in the 1960s and 1970s 55
8. 4. ‘Experiment is Out, Concern is In’ 84
9. 5. Turning Points and the American Short Story Today 100
10. 6. Sequences and Accumulations 117
11. Conclusion 143
12. Bibliography 154
13. Index 171
14. The British Association for American Studies (BAAS) 178