The Resource The Oxford book of modern women's stories, edited by Patricia Craig
The Oxford book of modern women's stories, edited by Patricia Craig
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The item The Oxford book of modern women's stories, edited by Patricia Craig represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "Some of the greatest short stories of the twentieth century have been written by women, yet they are consistently under represented in fiction anthologies. The Oxford Book of Modern Women's Stories aims to redress the balance by bringing together some of the best women's writing from such acclaimed practitioners as Katherine Mansfield and Edith Wharton and more recent work from exciting and innovative authors such as Bharati Mukherjee, Alice Munro and Anjana Appachana. Along the way you will find humour, passion, eccentricity, forcefulness, elan, intellectual vigour, subversion - indeed, every kind of literary expertise from ironic detachment to full-blooded engagement with the issues raised. Every one of the authors represented here has her own, perfectly realized, individual angle of vision, whether it's the zestfulness of Angela Carter, the breathtaking evocations of Eudora Welty, the quirkiness of Paley, or the pungency of Flannery O'Connor. These are writers engaging with many different genres, including the fairy tale, ghost stories, and historical fiction, as well as domestic drama and more abstract introspection. There are examples here of English decorum and American verve - and vice versa - indeed, such an abundance of entertainment and enrichment that no reader will fail to be amused, enthralled, intrigued, or invigorated."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 522 p.
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Paul's Case/
- Willa Cather
- p. 1
- Afterward/
- Edith Wharton
- p. 18
- Hear the Nightingale Sing/
- Caroline Gordon
- p. 43
- Je ne parle pas francais/
- Katherine Mansfield
- p. 54
- Miss de Mannering of Asham/
- F. M. Mayor
- p. 77
- That Tree/
- Katherine Anne Porter
- p. 97
- Look at All Those Roses/
- Elizabeth Bowen
- p. 109
- In a Winter Landscape/
- Olivia Manning
- p. 118
- Legacy/
- Virginia Woolf
- p. 132
- First Love/
- Eudora Welty
- p. 138
- Is There a Life beyond the Gravy?/
- Stevie Smith
- p. 153
- Yonder Peasant, Who Is He?/
- Mary McCarthy
- p. 166
- Which New Era Would That Be?/
- Nadine Gordimer
- p. 178
- Day Mr Prescott Died/
- Sylvia Plath
- p. 190
- Day Stalin Died/
- Doris Lessing
- p. 197
- Blush/
- Elizabeth Taylor
- p. 207
- Interest in Life/
- Grace Paley
- p. 213
- Uno 1945/
- Christina Stead
- p. 226
- Rehabilitation of Ginevra Leake/
- Hortense Calisher
- p. 242
- Tea Time of Stouthearted Ladies/
- Jean Stafford
- p. 255
- House of the Famous Poet/
- Muriel Spark
- p. 265
- Good Country People/
- Flannery O'Connor
- p. 273
- Heathy Landscape with Dormouse/
- Sylvia Townsend Warner
- p. 290
- Irish Revel/
- Edna O'Brien
- p. 303
- Butterfly and the Traffic Light/
- Cynthia Ozick
- p. 320
- Scenes of Passion and Despair/
- Joyce Carol Oates
- p. 328
- Something to Tell the Girls/
- Jane Gardam
- p. 338
- Star and Two Girls/
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- p. 350
- Overture and Beginners Please/
- Jean Rhys
- p. 370
- Hair Jewellery/
- Margaret Atwood
- p. 379
- Puss-in-Boots/
- Angela Carter
- p. 393
- Terrors of Basket Weaving/
- Patricia Highsmith
- p. 409
- Play Reading/
- Elizabeth Jolley
- p. 419
- In the Great War/
- Fay Weldon
- p. 422
- Victory Over Japan/
- Ellen Gilchrist
- p. 433
- On the Day that E. M. Forster Died/
- A. S. Byatt
- p. 442
- Wife's Story/
- Bharati Mukherjee
- p. 456
- Pair of Tickets/
- Amy Tan
- p. 468
- Meneseteung/
- Alice Munro
- p. 485
- Prophecy/
- Anjana Appachana
- p. 503
- Biographical Notes.
- p. 517
- Acknowledgements.
- p. 521
- Isbn
- 9780192142320
- Label
- The Oxford book of modern women's stories
- Title
- The Oxford book of modern women's stories
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Patricia Craig
- Title variation
- Modern women's stories
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Some of the greatest short stories of the twentieth century have been written by women, yet they are consistently under represented in fiction anthologies. The Oxford Book of Modern Women's Stories aims to redress the balance by bringing together some of the best women's writing from such acclaimed practitioners as Katherine Mansfield and Edith Wharton and more recent work from exciting and innovative authors such as Bharati Mukherjee, Alice Munro and Anjana Appachana. Along the way you will find humour, passion, eccentricity, forcefulness, elan, intellectual vigour, subversion - indeed, every kind of literary expertise from ironic detachment to full-blooded engagement with the issues raised. Every one of the authors represented here has her own, perfectly realized, individual angle of vision, whether it's the zestfulness of Angela Carter, the breathtaking evocations of Eudora Welty, the quirkiness of Paley, or the pungency of Flannery O'Connor. These are writers engaging with many different genres, including the fairy tale, ghost stories, and historical fiction, as well as domestic drama and more abstract introspection. There are examples here of English decorum and American verve - and vice versa - indeed, such an abundance of entertainment and enrichment that no reader will fail to be amused, enthralled, intrigued, or invigorated."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR1309.W7
- LC item number
- O9 1994
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Craig, Patricia
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Short stories, English
- Short stories, Commonwealth (English)
- Short stories, American
- American fiction
- English fiction
- Women
- Label
- The Oxford book of modern women's stories, edited by Patricia Craig
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Paul's Case/
- Willa Cather
- p. 1
- Afterward/
- Edith Wharton
- p. 18
- Hear the Nightingale Sing/
- Caroline Gordon
- p. 43
- Je ne parle pas francais/
- Katherine Mansfield
- p. 54
- Miss de Mannering of Asham/
- F. M. Mayor
- p. 77
- That Tree/
- Katherine Anne Porter
- p. 97
- Look at All Those Roses/
- Elizabeth Bowen
- p. 109
- In a Winter Landscape/
- Olivia Manning
- p. 118
- Legacy/
- Virginia Woolf
- p. 132
- First Love/
- Eudora Welty
- p. 138
- Is There a Life beyond the Gravy?/
- Stevie Smith
- p. 153
- Yonder Peasant, Who Is He?/
- Mary McCarthy
- p. 166
- Which New Era Would That Be?/
- Nadine Gordimer
- p. 178
- Day Mr Prescott Died/
- Sylvia Plath
- p. 190
- Day Stalin Died/
- Doris Lessing
- p. 197
- Blush/
- Elizabeth Taylor
- p. 207
- Interest in Life/
- Grace Paley
- p. 213
- Uno 1945/
- Christina Stead
- p. 226
- Rehabilitation of Ginevra Leake/
- Hortense Calisher
- p. 242
- Tea Time of Stouthearted Ladies/
- Jean Stafford
- p. 255
- House of the Famous Poet/
- Muriel Spark
- p. 265
- Good Country People/
- Flannery O'Connor
- p. 273
- Heathy Landscape with Dormouse/
- Sylvia Townsend Warner
- p. 290
- Irish Revel/
- Edna O'Brien
- p. 303
- Butterfly and the Traffic Light/
- Cynthia Ozick
- p. 320
- Scenes of Passion and Despair/
- Joyce Carol Oates
- p. 328
- Something to Tell the Girls/
- Jane Gardam
- p. 338
- Star and Two Girls/
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- p. 350
- Overture and Beginners Please/
- Jean Rhys
- p. 370
- Hair Jewellery/
- Margaret Atwood
- p. 379
- Puss-in-Boots/
- Angela Carter
- p. 393
- Terrors of Basket Weaving/
- Patricia Highsmith
- p. 409
- Play Reading/
- Elizabeth Jolley
- p. 419
- In the Great War/
- Fay Weldon
- p. 422
- Victory Over Japan/
- Ellen Gilchrist
- p. 433
- On the Day that E. M. Forster Died/
- A. S. Byatt
- p. 442
- Wife's Story/
- Bharati Mukherjee
- p. 456
- Pair of Tickets/
- Amy Tan
- p. 468
- Meneseteung/
- Alice Munro
- p. 485
- Prophecy/
- Anjana Appachana
- p. 503
- Biographical Notes.
- p. 517
- Acknowledgements.
- p. 521
- Control code
- 10000031110
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xv, 522 p.
- Isbn
- 9780192142320
- Lccn
- 94000657
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- The Oxford book of modern women's stories, edited by Patricia Craig
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Paul's Case/
- Willa Cather
- p. 1
- Afterward/
- Edith Wharton
- p. 18
- Hear the Nightingale Sing/
- Caroline Gordon
- p. 43
- Je ne parle pas francais/
- Katherine Mansfield
- p. 54
- Miss de Mannering of Asham/
- F. M. Mayor
- p. 77
- That Tree/
- Katherine Anne Porter
- p. 97
- Look at All Those Roses/
- Elizabeth Bowen
- p. 109
- In a Winter Landscape/
- Olivia Manning
- p. 118
- Legacy/
- Virginia Woolf
- p. 132
- First Love/
- Eudora Welty
- p. 138
- Is There a Life beyond the Gravy?/
- Stevie Smith
- p. 153
- Yonder Peasant, Who Is He?/
- Mary McCarthy
- p. 166
- Which New Era Would That Be?/
- Nadine Gordimer
- p. 178
- Day Mr Prescott Died/
- Sylvia Plath
- p. 190
- Day Stalin Died/
- Doris Lessing
- p. 197
- Blush/
- Elizabeth Taylor
- p. 207
- Interest in Life/
- Grace Paley
- p. 213
- Uno 1945/
- Christina Stead
- p. 226
- Rehabilitation of Ginevra Leake/
- Hortense Calisher
- p. 242
- Tea Time of Stouthearted Ladies/
- Jean Stafford
- p. 255
- House of the Famous Poet/
- Muriel Spark
- p. 265
- Good Country People/
- Flannery O'Connor
- p. 273
- Heathy Landscape with Dormouse/
- Sylvia Townsend Warner
- p. 290
- Irish Revel/
- Edna O'Brien
- p. 303
- Butterfly and the Traffic Light/
- Cynthia Ozick
- p. 320
- Scenes of Passion and Despair/
- Joyce Carol Oates
- p. 328
- Something to Tell the Girls/
- Jane Gardam
- p. 338
- Star and Two Girls/
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- p. 350
- Overture and Beginners Please/
- Jean Rhys
- p. 370
- Hair Jewellery/
- Margaret Atwood
- p. 379
- Puss-in-Boots/
- Angela Carter
- p. 393
- Terrors of Basket Weaving/
- Patricia Highsmith
- p. 409
- Play Reading/
- Elizabeth Jolley
- p. 419
- In the Great War/
- Fay Weldon
- p. 422
- Victory Over Japan/
- Ellen Gilchrist
- p. 433
- On the Day that E. M. Forster Died/
- A. S. Byatt
- p. 442
- Wife's Story/
- Bharati Mukherjee
- p. 456
- Pair of Tickets/
- Amy Tan
- p. 468
- Meneseteung/
- Alice Munro
- p. 485
- Prophecy/
- Anjana Appachana
- p. 503
- Biographical Notes.
- p. 517
- Acknowledgements.
- p. 521
- Control code
- 10000031110
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xv, 522 p.
- Isbn
- 9780192142320
- Lccn
- 94000657
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
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