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Definition | Poe | Bierce | Connell | Saki | Henry |
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Basic Definition |
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What IS a short story?Here's an interesting short essay defining the genre. |
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Definition of a Short Story: This is very close to the one I use.. |
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Types of Irony - a slideshow with definitions |
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Glossary of Literary Terms - covers irony, foreshadowing, and more! |
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Literary Definitions: Hyperlinked lit terms dictionary - very good. |
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Edgar Allan Poe |
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Fall of the House of Usher: The text of the story, from Bartleby.com |
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Short Story Definition: As it applies to the Fall of the House of Usher |
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The Poe Decoder: This may help you understand the story - but you MUST read the tale! |
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Usher Litcrit: Some advanced analysis of the story |
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Understanding Usher: Arthur Patterson's insights into this gothic tale |
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Awerty Notes: An overview of the story |
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The Ponderers Guild: A message board for discussing the story |
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Usher and Gothic Lit: An excellent page focusing on the story and genre |
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Biography: Quirisse's Edgar Alan Poe Pages |
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Cask of Amontillado: An online text |
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Poe Decoder: This may help you understand "Cask." |
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Cask - irony and foreshadowing: a good overview of the issues |
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Ambrose Bierce |
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge: The complete text of the story |
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Text with Notes: The complete story, with side notes explaining plot, references, etc. |
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Text with Notes II: created by a college student, with her insights linked to the text |
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Bierce Links: Lots of connections to the author's bio and his work |
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American Lit Comes of Age: A Ton of Bierce links! |
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Richard Connell |
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The Most Dangerous Game: complete text |
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Key Questions: A series of questions, of varying levels, on the story |
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Saki |
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The Mouse: Complete text of the story |
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Munro's stories and bio: the complete short stories and a brief bio of the ma |
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O. Henry |
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The Ransom of Red Chief: Complete online text of the story |
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Pioneer Drama: Samples of music from a play based on the story |
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O. Henry's Life: If his life were a short story, who'd ever believe it? |
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O Henry: American Literature on the Web. A collection of lin |
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