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Description edit
"How ironic," Joyce Carol Oates writes in her introduction to this marvelous collection, "that in our age of rapid mass-production and the easy proliferation of consumer products, the richness and diversity of the American literary imagination should be so misrepresented in most anthologies."... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sonny: Add a description of this character.
- Frank
- Magda
- Everett
- Roger Whipple
- Jason
- Rodney
- Kenny
- Jeannette
- Peter Rugg
- Dan
- Clyde
- Nancy
- Rhea
- Rosa
- John
- Donald
- Dencombe
- Mrs. Lawson
- Sylvia
- Magoun
- Sykes
- Dave
- Rhoda
- Doctor Hugh
- Harry
- Martha
- Billie
- Isabel
- Pennypacker
- Weatherbee
- Allen
- Lily
- Van Winkle
- Mister Clarence
- Jenny
- Mama
- Sam
- Hunter
- Darius
- Gloria
- Delia
- Nelson Barry
- Miss Goldstein
- Cack
- Katharine
- Mary
- Ketury
Setting & Locations edit
- Boston
- New York City
- Born
- America
- London
- California
- Virginia
- Alaska
- Chicago
- Massachusetts
- Florida
- New England
- Harlem
- Concord
- United States
- Vietnam
- San Francisco
- Poland
- India
- Delaware
- Calixta
- Oregon
- Montreal
- Middle Street
- Mango Street
- Kentucky
- Heaven
- Kiowa
- China
- Toronto
- Whipples
- Thermopylae
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Hudson
- Hartford
- Paris
- Atlantic
- Canada
- St. Louis
- Providence
- Lommedieu
- Bournemouth
- New Jersey
- Connecticut
- Caddy
- Ohio
- Fleur
- Illinois
First Sentence edit
Born in New York City on April 3, 1783, the last of eleven children of a wealthy Scottish merchant and an Englishwoman, Washington Irving is our first American writer to achieve a distinguished international reputation; the first to become a "classic" during his own lifetime.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Joyce Carol Oates (Editor)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.0108
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( O ) › Oates, Joyce Carol
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories › United States
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories › Anthologies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Anthologies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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