Allan Weiss

The Mini-Cycle

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While scholars have been studying the short story cycle for some time now, this book discusses a form that has never before been identified and named, let alone analyzed: the mini-cycle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780367691691
• ISBN-10: 0367691698
• Artikelnr.: 69985898

Autorenporträt

Allan Weiss received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Toronto (1985), with a specialization in Canadian literature. He has taught at York University since 1990, and is currently Associate Professor of English and Humanities. He has edited a number of collections of essays on Canadian fantastic literature, most recently The Canadian Fantastic in Focus (2014), a volume of proceedings of the Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, of which he has been Chair since 1996. He has also published articles and given conference papers on Canadian fantastic literature both in Canada and internationally.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Sociology of the Short Story
Chapter 2: Anton Chekhov's "Little Trilogy"
Chapter 3: The Mini-Cycle within a Cycle: Stephen Leacock's Sunshine
Sketches
Chapter 4: The Prototypical Mini-Cycle I: Alice Munro's "Juliet Triptych"
Chapter 5: The Prototypical Mini-Cycle II: Margaret Atwood's "Alphinland"
Stories
Chapter 6: The Collection of Mini-Cycles
Chapter 7: The Two-Story Mini-Cycle
Chapter 8: The Prototypical Mini-Cycle Plus: Clark Blaise's "Porter/Carrier
Stories"
Chapter 9: The Exploded Mini-Cycle
Chapter 10: Marginal Cases
Conclusion