Chapters in this book

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