An anthology of 129 selections that are international in scope and illustrate the development of short fiction from the early 19th century to the present day. Traditional and contemporary works are organized alphabetically by author. Twenty-two new selections were added to the new edition.
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Pickering/ Fiction 100
James H. Pickering, a professor of literature for over four decades, and currently the Martha Gano Houstoun Professor of Literary Criticism at the University of Houston, has compiled an eclectic and impressive collection of stories for his twelfth edition of Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction. The collection features master storytellers who illustrate the craft of short fiction through a wide scope of subject matter, theme, literary technique, and style. Classic and contemporary literature highlight the progression of short fiction from its historical origins to the future of the genre. Authors new to this collection include: Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Atwood, E. L. Doctorow, Mary Hallock Foote, Nadine Gordimer, Tessa Hadley, W. W. Jacobs, Gish Jen, Thomas McGuane, Tim Parks, George Saunders, R. T. Smith, Robert Louis Stevenson, Donna Tartt, and Paul Theroux.
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