Synopses & Reviews
This volume of the POCKETFUL OF PROSE collection includes 25 contemporary stories by well-known and emerging writers. The topics of the stories are as varied as the styles used to present them, but they all give voice to contemporary experiences and issues. The authors (men, women, minorities, old and young) deal with both present day and enduring personal problems and public issues, using a variety of styles and techniques. The stories in this volume can be used in a variety of approaches to teaching fiction. Instructors using a more traditional artistic approach, which claims that a study of the techniques of fiction prepares students to respond most fully to all the elements of whatever fiction they may read in the future, will find a variety of fresh examples and illustrations of these techniques. Instructors who prefer a political approach, which teaches readers to be aware of the way the rhetorical strategies of writers tend to modify or reinforce, and control or change, the political attitudes and behavior of readers, will also discover a rich resource of material for discussion.
Synopsis
Save money with CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: POCKETFUL OF PROSE: CONTEMPORARY SHORT FICTION! An inexpensive alternative to the more expensive anthologies, this slim volume contains only the essentials of the most familiar and most taught favorites. The Quick and Easy Guide for Critical Reading, located conveniently for easy access, contains questions that center your study of the works in the book and also serve as a useful guide for reading any work, in or outside of class.
Synopsis
Including titles in fiction, poetry, drama, and essays, David Madden's Pocketfuls series are slim volumes including only the essentials of the most familiar and most often taught works in each genre. Priced to be affordably packaged with two or even three other volumes, each book in the Pocketful series can also be used separately.
Table of Contents
Preface. Introduction. "The Leap," by Louise Erdrich. "Field Trip," by Tim O'Brien. "Good Works," by E.S. Goldman. "Brother," by Edna O'Brien. "Electric City," by Richard Ford. "I Am Here to Tell You It Can Be Done," by Mona Simpson. "Freedom, A Theory of," by Lee K. Abbott. "The Man Who Knew Belle Starr," by Richard Bausch. "Personal Testimony," by Lynna Williams. "Lush Life," by John McCluskey. "Desert Blues," by Kate Braverman. "Carnal Knowledge," by T. Coraghessman Boyle. "Two Useful Visits," by Reynolds Price. "Dragon's Seed," by Madison Smartt Bell. "Slamming on Pig's Misery," by Alice Schell. "Bears Discover Fire," by Terry Bisson. "Fires," by Rick Bass. "Cold Ground," by Anya Achtenberg. "Two Days Gone," by Susan Straight. "Texas Wedding Party," by Allen Wier. "The Mother Who Never Was," by Lisa K. Buchanan. "Trains at Night," by Alberto Alvaro Rios. "Kat," by Margaret Atwood. "Family Supper," by Kazuo Ishiguro. "Such Occasions," by Ann Beattiee. Acknowledgments of Permission.