We Americans are justly proud of our literature, and a good deal of that pride stems from our awareness of the crucial role of the short story-in its earliest manifestations, the short tale or romance-as a form ideally suited to the expression of the imagination. The challenge was to discover, wherever possible, short stories by our finest writers that were less known than the stories by these writers usually found in anthologies, yet of equal merit and interest stories that, while reflecting authors’ characteristic styles, visions, and subjects, suggested other aspects of sensibility. Originally published in The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, 1st ed.įamiliar names, unfamiliar titles: this, in part, was my initial inspiration in assembling The Oxford Book of American Short Stories. Smith Reviews Robert Frost Shakespeare Shirley Jackson short stories Sylvia Plath Tawana Brawley Ted Kennedy The Accursed The Brothers Karamazov them The Poisoned Kiss The Possessed Troilus and Cressida twitter Ulysses Where Are You Going Where Have You Been? Wuthering Heights young adult & children's Zombie Lawrence Dostoevsky drama Edgar Allan Poe Edward Kennedy Elaine Showalter Ellen Datlow Emily Brontë Emily Dickinson featured fiction film films France Gloria Vanderbilt gothic Greg Johnson grotesque Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque horror Interviews James Joyce Jane Eyre JonBenet Ramsey Joyce Carol Oates King Lear Literary Awards Lovely Dark Deep Marilyn Monroe Mary Jo Kopechne Memoir Michael Krasny Mike Tyson My Sister My Love Nonfiction novellas novels Ontario Review photography plays poetry Rape: A Love Story Raymond J.
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