Peden, William  1913-1999 <br/><br/>
The American short story :  continuity and change, 1940-1975 / 
William Peden. 
 - Second edition, revised and enlarged. 
 - vi, 215 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Background and antecedents --  Publishers, publishing and the American short story since 1940 --  The period in retrospect : World War II to Watergate --  Metropolis, village and suburbia : the short fiction of manners --  A mad world, my masters --  "Oh, these jews --  these jews! Their feelings, their hearts!" --  The black explosion : "All things considered, the field is opening up more and more" --  Of war and peace and other matters: The wars and the short story. "The woods are full of regional writers". Spaceships, aliens, and bug-eyed monsters. "Fragments are the only forms I trust" : Barthelme and the Innovationists --  Some concluding remarks and informal postscript. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0395207207 9780395207208 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35655226k  uri 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>75023089  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013842926  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Short stories, American--History and criticism<br/>American fiction--History and criticism--20th century<br/>Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS374.S5  / P4343 1975