The Harbrace Anthology Of Short Fiction

The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction 4e continues its tradition of presenting a varied and diverse selection of short stories by men and women writers from around the world. It offers updated biographical and explanatory notes for both traditional and contemporary fiction, strategies for writing about literature, and a concise glossary of literary terms. The 4th edition has 25% new content, including several Canadian writers like Guy Vanderhaeghe and Carol Shields.

The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction, Fifth Edition, continues its tradition of presenting a varied and diverse selection of short stories by male and female writers from around the world. This anthology provides material for an understanding of short fiction?s historical development, the variety of approaches to issues in short fiction, and the variety of cultural and gender issues this genre can explore. There are a number of thematic links between individual stories that enable instructors to customize to their course needs. This anthology is succinct, clearly presents information about the genre of short story, about authors and about relevant facts in the stories.

Now in its fourth edition, The Harbrace Anthology of Literature continues its tradition of presenting a varied and increasingly diverse selection of poetry, drama, and short fiction by male and female writers from a variety of cultural backgrounds around the world. The Harbrace Anthology of Literature assists readers in finding meaning and appreciating literature by offering biographical and explanatory notes for each work, by suggesting methods for responding to literature, and by providing a concise glossary of literary terms. The three major genres of this anthology are also available individually in Thomson Nelson's Harbrace Series.

Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short story writers, and novelists. Contributors include Russell Banks, Donald Barthelme, Rick Bass, Richard Bausch, Charles Baxter, Amy Bloom, T.C. Boyle, Kevin Brockmeier, Robert Olen Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Peter Ho Davies, Janet Desaulniers, Junot Diaz, Anthony Doerr, Stuart Dybek, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Mary Gaitskill, Dagoberto Gilb, Ron Hansen, A.M. Homes, Mary Hood, Denis Johnson, Edward P. Jones, Thom Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, David Leavitt, Kelly Link, Reginald McKnight, David Means, Susan Minot , Rick Moody, Bharati Mukherjee, Antonya Nelson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim O’Brien, Daniel Orozco, Julie Orringer, ZZ Packer, Annie Proulx, Stacey Richter, George Saunders, Joan Silber, Leslie Marmon Silko, Susan Sontag, Amy Tan, Melanie Rae Thon, Alice Walker, and Steve Yarbrough.