A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story

Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story

Editor(s): Cheryl Alexander Malcolm, David Malcolm

Published Online: 2 MAR 2009

Print ISBN: 9781405145374

Online ISBN: 9781444304770

DOI: 10.1002/9781444304770

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A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story provides a comprehensive treatment of short fiction writing and chronicles its development in Britain and Ireland from 1880 to the present.

  • Provides a comprehensive treatment of the short story in Britain and Ireland as it developed over the period 1880 to the present
  • Includes essays on topics and genres, as well as on individual texts and authors
  • Comprises chapters on women's writing, Irish fiction, gay and lesbian writing, and short fiction by immigrants to Britain

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xvi)

  2. Part I: 1880–1945 - Introduction

    1. Chapter 1

      The British and Irish Short Story to 1945 (pages 1–15)

      Cheryl Alexander Malcolm and David Malcolm

  3. Part I: 1880–1945 - Topics and Genres

    1. Chapter 2

      The Story of Colonial Adventure (pages 17–34)

      Mariadele Boccardi

    2. Chapter 3

      Responses to War: 1914–1918 and 1939–1945 (pages 35–50)

      Richard Greaves

    3. Chapter 4

      Irish Short Fiction: 1880–1945 (pages 51–64)

      Patrick Lonergan

    4. Chapter 5

      The Detective and Crime Story: 1880–1945 (pages 65–80)

      Jopi Nyman

    5. Chapter 6

      The British and Irish Ghost Story and Tale of the Supernatural: 1880–1945 (pages 81–95)

      Becky DiBiasio

    6. Chapter 7

      Finding a Voice: Women Writing the Short Story (to 1945) (pages 96–113)

      Sabine Coelsch-Foisner

    7. Chapter 8

      Rudyard Kipling's Art of the Short Story (pages 114–128)

      David Malcolm

  4. Part I: 1880–1945 - Reading Individual Authors and Texts

    1. Chapter 9

      Robert Louis Stevenson: “The Bottle Imp,” “The Beach of Falesá,” and “Markheim” (pages 129–139)

      Michael Meyer

    2. Chapter 10

      Thomas Hardy: Wessex Tales (pages 140–148)

      David Grylls

    3. Chapter 11

      Joseph Conrad: “The Secret Sharer” and “An Outpost of Progress” (pages 149–156)

      Christopher Thomas Cairney

    4. Chapter 12

      The Short Stories of Hector Hugh Munro (“Saki”) (pages 157–164)

      Sandie Byrne

    5. Chapter 13

      Paralysis Re-Considered: James Joyce's Dubliners (pages 165–173)

      Richard Greaves

    6. Chapter 14

      H.G. Wells's Short Stories: “The Country of the Blind” and “The Door in the Wall” (pages 174–182)

      Sabine Coelsch-Foisner

    7. Chapter 15

      D.H. Lawrence's Short Stories: “The Horse Dealer's Daughter” and “The Rocking Horse Winner” (pages 183–192)

      Kathryn Miles

    8. Chapter 16

      Virginia Woolf: “Kew Gardens” and “The Legacy” (pages 193–201)

      Stef Craps

    9. Chapter 17

      Katherine Mansfield: “The Garden Party” and “Marriage à la Mode” (pages 202–210)

      Dr Jennifer E. Dunn

    10. Chapter 18

      Frank O'Connor: “Guests of the Nation” and “My Oedipus Complex” (pages 211–220)

      Greg Winston

    11. Chapter 19

      The Short Stories of Liam O'Flaherty (pages 221–226)

      Shawn O'Hare

    12. Chapter 20

      W. Somerset Maugham's Ashenden Stories (pages 227–235)

      David Malcolm

    13. Chapter 21

      Elizabeth Bowen: “The Demon Lover” and “Mysterious Kôr” (pages 236–243)

      Dr Sarah Dillon

  5. Part II: 1945–The Present - Introduction

    1. Chapter 22

      The British and Irish Short Story: 1945–Present (pages 245–259)

      Cheryl Alexander Malcolm and David Malcolm

  6. Part II: 1945–The Present - Topics and Genres

    1. Chapter 23

      New Identities: The Irish Short Story since 1945 (pages 261–278)

      Greg Winston

    2. Chapter 24

      Redefining Englishness: British Short Fiction from 1945 to the Present (pages 279–293)

      James M. Lang

    3. Chapter 25

      Scottish Short Stories (Post 1945) (pages 294–307)

      Gavin Miller

    4. Chapter 26

      Hybrid Voices and Visions: The Short Stories of E.A. Markham, Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Patricia Duncker, and Jackie Kay (pages 308–329)

      Michael Parker

    5. Chapter 27

      The Anglo-Jewish Short Story since the Holocaust (pages 330–341)

      Cheryl Alexander Malcolm

    6. Chapter 28

      Feminist Voices: Women's Short Fiction after 1945 (pages 342–355)

      Michael Meyer

    7. Chapter 29

      British Gay and Lesbian Short Stories (pages 356–371)

      Brett Josef Grubisic

    8. Chapter 30

      Science Fiction and Fantasy after 1945: Beyond Pulp Fiction (pages 372–383)

      Mitchell R. Lewis

    9. Chapter 31

      Experimental Short Fiction in Britain since 1945 (pages 384–397)

      Günther Jarfe

  7. Part II: 1945–The Present - Reading Individual Authors and Texts

    1. Chapter 32

      The Short Stories of Julian Maclaren-Ross (pages 399–408)

      David Malcolm

    2. Chapter 33

      Alan Sillitoe: “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner” (pages 409–415)

      Michael Parker

    3. Chapter 34

      The Short Stories of Elizabeth Taylor (pages 416–422)

      Robert Ellis Hosmer

    4. Chapter 35

      The Short Fiction of V.S. Pritchett (pages 423–430)

      Andrzej Ga̧siorek

    5. Chapter 36

      Edna O'Brien: “A Rose in the Heart of New York” (pages 431–439)

      Sinéad Mooney

    6. Chapter 37

      Doris Lessing: African Stories (pages 440–447)

      Don Adams

    7. Chapter 38

      The Desire for Clarity: Seán O'Faoláin's “Lovers of the Lake” (pages 448–455)

      Paul Delaney

    8. Chapter 39

      The Short Stories of Muriel Spark (pages 456–463)

      Robert Ellis Hosmer

    9. Chapter 40

      Jean Rhys: “Let Them Call It Jazz” (pages 464–471)

      Cheryl Alexander Malcolm

    10. Chapter 41

      George Mackay Brown: “Witch,” “Master Halcrow, Priest,” “A Time to Keep,” and “The Tarn and the Rosary” (pages 472–479)

      Gavin Miller

    11. Chapter 42

      William Trevor: Uncertain Grounds for Assured Art (pages 480–487)

      John Kenny

    12. Chapter 43

      John McGahern: Nightlines (pages 488–497)

      Stanley van der Ziel

    13. Chapter 44

      The Clinking of an Identity Disk: Bernard MacLaverty's “Walking the Dog” (pages 498–506)

      Jerzy Jarniewicz

    14. Chapter 45

      Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber: A World Transformed by Imagination and Desire – Adventures in Anarcho-Surrealism (pages 507–515)

      Madelena Gonzalez

    15. Chapter 46

      J.G. Ballard: Psychopathology, Apocalypse, and the Media Landscape (pages 516–523)

      Mitchell R. Lewis

    16. Chapter 47

      The Short Stories of Benjamin Okri (pages 524–531)

      Wolfgang Görtschacher

    17. Chapter 48

      James Kelman: Greyhound for Breakfast (pages 532–540)

      Peter Clandfield

    18. Chapter 49

      Hanif Kureishi: Love in a Blue Time (pages 541–549)

      Patrick Lonergan

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      Index (pages 550–571)

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