
The Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories
- Paperback
688 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2004
Summary
The best of American short fiction. Spanning over 100 years of literary history, here are 33 of the finest short stories by:
- Washington Irving
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Herman Melville
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Bret Harte
- Bayard Taylor
- Rose Terry Cooke
- Ambrose Bierce
- Hamlin Garland
- Mary E. Wilkens Freeman
- Henry James
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Sarah Orne Jewet…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451529633 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0451529634 |
| Author: | Burton Raffel |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Dutton / Signet |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 171mm x 107mm x 38mm |
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About The Author
Burton Raffel
Burton Raffel has taught English, Classics, and Comparative Literature at universities in the United States, Israel, and Canada. His books include translations of Beowulf, Horace- Odes, Epodes, Epistles, Satires, The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar, From the Vietnamese, Ten Centuries of Poetry, The Complete Poetry of Osip Emilevich Mandelstram (with Alla Burago), and Poems From the Old English and The Annotated Milton; several critical studies, Introduction to Poetry, How to Read a Poem, The Development of Modern Indonesian Poetry, and The Forked Tounge- A Study of the Translation Process; and Mia Poems, a volume of his own poetry. Mr. Raffel practiced law on Wall Street and taught in the Ford Foundation’s English Language Teacher Training Project in Indonesia.
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