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4. Poe, O. Henry and the Well-Made Story
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vi
- Illustrations vii
- Preface viii
- 1. Origins: From Folktale to Art-Tale 1
- 2. Riddles, Hoaxes and Conundrums 12
- 3. Memory, Modernity and Orality 22
- 4. Poe, O. Henry and the Well-Made Story 32
- 4. Poe, O. Henry and the Well-Made Story 43
- 6. Brought to Book: The Anthology and Its Uses 53
- 7. Between the Lines: Dissidence and the Short Story 66
- 8. Enclosed Readings: The Short Story and the Academy 77
- 9. Modernism and the Short Story 88
- 10. The Short Story Cycle 103
- 11. Character Parts: Identity in the Short Story 120
- 12. Localities: Centres and Margins 134
- 13. Tales of the City 150
- 14. Romance and the Fragment 165
- 15. Ghost Stories and Other Hauntings 179
- 16. Popular Short Fictions 191
- 17. The Experimental Text 210
- 18. Postmodernism and the Short Story 222
- 19. Minimalism/Dirty Realism/ Hyperrealism 235
- 20. Voyages Out: The Postcolonial Short Story 246
- Bibliography 260
- Index 283
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vi
- Illustrations vii
- Preface viii
- 1. Origins: From Folktale to Art-Tale 1
- 2. Riddles, Hoaxes and Conundrums 12
- 3. Memory, Modernity and Orality 22
- 4. Poe, O. Henry and the Well-Made Story 32
- 4. Poe, O. Henry and the Well-Made Story 43
- 6. Brought to Book: The Anthology and Its Uses 53
- 7. Between the Lines: Dissidence and the Short Story 66
- 8. Enclosed Readings: The Short Story and the Academy 77
- 9. Modernism and the Short Story 88
- 10. The Short Story Cycle 103
- 11. Character Parts: Identity in the Short Story 120
- 12. Localities: Centres and Margins 134
- 13. Tales of the City 150
- 14. Romance and the Fragment 165
- 15. Ghost Stories and Other Hauntings 179
- 16. Popular Short Fictions 191
- 17. The Experimental Text 210
- 18. Postmodernism and the Short Story 222
- 19. Minimalism/Dirty Realism/ Hyperrealism 235
- 20. Voyages Out: The Postcolonial Short Story 246
- Bibliography 260
- Index 283