| Classic English Short Stories 1930-1955 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hudson, Derek (Selected by) |
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ISBN: 0192811215 ISBN-13: 9780192811219 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 823.010 |
| LCCN: 89016119 |
| Series: Oxford Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.85 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The years from 1930 to 1955 marked a high point in the fortunes of the English short story. Inevitably World War II left its mark on many of the stories Derek Hudson has collected in this suberb volume, but, he argues in the introduction, that the dominating impression in these English stories...is of humour--not necessarily in the comic sense...but in the sense...of a humorous perspective of life. The volume includes stories by such renowned writers as Somerset Maugham, Virginia Woolf, and Evelyn Waugh. Stories by Elizabeth Bowen, Frances Towers, Clemence Dane, Rosamond Lehmann, and A.L. Barker demonstrate that women writers have found the short story form increasingly congenial. C.S. Forester and Graham Greene bring their power of narrative to tragic themes, while Eric Linklater asserts his claim on poetic fantasy. The volume also contains characteristic stories by H.E. Bates, V.S. Pritchett, William Plomer, John Moore, Christopher Sykes, William Sansom, Fred Urquhart, and Nigel Kneale. |