The Resource The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre, (electronic book)
The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre, (electronic book)
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The item The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre, (electronic book) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "The ability to construct a nuanced narrative or complex character in the constrained form of the short story has sometimes been seen as the ultimate test of an author's creativity. Yet during the time when the short story was at its most popular--the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--even the greatest writers followed strict generic conventions that were far from subtle. This expanded and updated translation of Florence Goyet's influential La Nouvelle, 1870-1925: Description d'un genre à son apogée (Paris, 1993) is the only study to focus exclusively on this classic period across different continents. Ranging through French, English, Italian, Russian and Japanese writing--particularly the stories of Guy de Maupassant, Henry James, Giovanni Verga, Anton Chekhov and Akutagawa Ryunosuke--Goyet shows that these authors were able to create brilliant and successful short stories using the very simple 'tools of brevity' of that period. In this challenging and far-reaching study, Goyet looks at classic short stories in the context in which they were read at the time: cheap newspapers and higher-end periodicals. She demonstrates that, despite the apparent intention of these stories to question bourgeois ideals, they mostly affirmed the prejudices of their readers. In doing so, her book forces us to re-think our preconceptions about this 'forgotten' genre."--Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Isbn
- 9781909254770
- Label
- The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre
- Title
- The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The ability to construct a nuanced narrative or complex character in the constrained form of the short story has sometimes been seen as the ultimate test of an author's creativity. Yet during the time when the short story was at its most popular--the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--even the greatest writers followed strict generic conventions that were far from subtle. This expanded and updated translation of Florence Goyet's influential La Nouvelle, 1870-1925: Description d'un genre à son apogée (Paris, 1993) is the only study to focus exclusively on this classic period across different continents. Ranging through French, English, Italian, Russian and Japanese writing--particularly the stories of Guy de Maupassant, Henry James, Giovanni Verga, Anton Chekhov and Akutagawa Ryunosuke--Goyet shows that these authors were able to create brilliant and successful short stories using the very simple 'tools of brevity' of that period. In this challenging and far-reaching study, Goyet looks at classic short stories in the context in which they were read at the time: cheap newspapers and higher-end periodicals. She demonstrates that, despite the apparent intention of these stories to question bourgeois ideals, they mostly affirmed the prejudices of their readers. In doing so, her book forces us to re-think our preconceptions about this 'forgotten' genre."--Publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- EBZ
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- Goyet, Florence
- LC call number
- PN441
- LC item number
- .G694 2014eb
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- The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre, (electronic book)
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- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ebs2493142e
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- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9781909254770
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- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (EBZ)ebs2493142e
- Label
- The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre, (electronic book)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ebs2493142e
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9781909254770
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (EBZ)ebs2493142e
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