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The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
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by Joyce Carol Oates
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 784 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USA October 22, 1992
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0195070658
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195070651
Book Dimensions:
8.7 x 5.8 x 1.9 inches
Weighs: 2.3 pounds
From Library Journal
In these lean times, it is difficult to imagine many libraries champing at the bit to purchase yet another anthology of American short stories. But institutions seeking to expand the diversity of their holdings in this area may find this collection the perfect choice. "Familiar names, unfamiliar titles" is the raison d'etre for this new volume. Along with some old chestnuts such as "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," editor Oates presents many fresh selections such as Edith Wharton's "The Journey" and John Cheever's "The Death of Justina." She includes lesser-known minority and women writers such as Jean Toomer and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman alongside stories by newcomers Amy Tan, Louise Erdrich, and David Leavitt. Each author is given a brief biographical introduction. Recommended for serious literary collections.
- Rita Ciresi, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Review
"Provides a history of not only the evolution of the short story, but also of American culture.The collection is more than a survey of writing styles. It is a celebration of the diversity of American culture."--Denver Post
"Joyce Carol Oates has cast her net further and deeper, drawing from American literature's impressive past and substantial cultural wealth.Exceptional."--Booklist
"Readers who take an encompassing view of American literature and culture will love this book, which brilliantly captures the range and heft of the remarkable American contribution to the short story genre. With penetrating introductions by Joyce Carol Oates to each writer, this is an anthology of the finest kind, a collection of stories dazzling in variety but unified by an editor of singular intelligence and vision."--Arnold Rampersad, Princeton University
"Joyce Carol Oates, a master fabulist who is also one of our finest critics, has given us a treasury that represents the amazing range of the American short story. But instead of another showcase of 'greatest hits,' Oates ventures further afield, to uncover a series of neglected but refulgent gems. This is a collection with guts--and brains. Best of all, it's a collection that unfolds, as its editor promises, the greater story of American writing, in all its hues and timbres."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University
"Whether for the classroom or the bedtable, The Oxford Book of American Short Stories is indispensable, the best fiction selected and introduced by one of America's finest writers. It's a treasure!"--Cathy N. Davidson, Duke University
"I have taught the tradition 'survey course' in the American Short Story since 1964--Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism. It is not possible to teach that kind of traditional course using this text. This had opened up wonderful possibilities for me. I am now teaching the course as a "themes course," since the stories are linked thematically. But I am also teaching it as a course in "how to write stories." I have combined it with my creative writing class."--Professor John Gilgun, Mo. West. College
Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (Oxford Paperbacks) (Paperback)
"The Oxford Book of American Short Stories," edited by Joyce Carol Oates, is an impressive anthology. The editor herself is well-known as a master writer of short stories, so you know that she has insights into the genre. This is a truly sweeping anthology. The authors (56 altogether) range chronologically from Washington Irving (1783-1859) to Pinckney Benedict (b. 1964). Many of the "giants" of U.S. literature, among them a number of Nobel and Pulitzer recipients, are included: Herman Melville ("The Paradise of Bachelors..."), Edgar Allan Poe ("The Tell-Tale Heart"), Edith Wharton ("A Journey"), Saul Bellow (Something to Remember Me By"), etc. In her introduction, Oates notes that one of her goals in this anthology was to present "[f]amiliar names, unfamiliar titles." Thus, it is rewarding to see stories like "Cannibalism in the Cars," by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). But she does, in some cases, include an author's best-known story (like Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"). A good balance overall. Oates also includes many authors who represent ethnic currents in U.S. literature: African-American, Jewish, Native American, Latina, and Asian-American. There are also a number of "regional" writers. There is a wide variety of themes and stylistic approaches represented in this book. I was particularly interested in those stories that represent various forms of American vernacular speech: Jean Toomer's "Blood-Burning Moon," Eudora Welty's "Where Is That Voice Coming From?", etc. I was also pleased at the inclusion of one of Ray Bradbury's masterful science fiction tales (the haunting "There Will Come Soft Rains"). Obviously, an anthology of this nature will not please everybody perfectly; I'm sure many readers will name favorite stories and authors whom they would have liked to have seen included in this collection. Personally, I would have added a story each by Alice Walker, Hisaye Yamamoto, Samuel Delany, H.P. Lovecraft, and Octavia Butler. But overall, this is a fine anthology, good both for classroom use and individual recreational reading.
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