The Norton Introduction to the Short Novel

By: Beaty, Jerome

Book Overview

Designed with the undergraduate in mind, the anthology includes a helpful introduction by Professor Beaty that defines the short novel in contrast to the short story and the longer novel and explores the formal and thematic corollaries of this particular literary form. Additionally, a short biographical headnote precedes each selection to prepare the reader to experience, appreciate, and understand the works as fully as possible during a first reading. A brief critical afterword follows each novel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393968316
• ISBN13: 9780393968316
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 783 Pages
• Weight: 2.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

More Than a Couple of Literary Classics

Following is the list of short novels this book contains. Daisy Miller by James The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson Heart of Darkness by Conrad Ethan Frome by Wharton The Metamorphosis by Wharton The Fox by Lawrence As I Lay Dying by Faulkner Old Mortality by Porter Goodbye, Columbus by Roth Innocent Erendira by Garcia Marquez Sula by Morrison The Beggar Maid by Munro