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The short story is moving from relative neglect to a central position in the curriculum; as a teaching tool, it offers students a route into many complex areas, including critical theory, gender studies, postcolonialism and genre. This book offers a practical guide to the short story in the classroom, covering all these fields and more.

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Acknowledgements Series Preface Notes on the Contributors A Chronology of Significant Works Introduction; A.Cox Short Shorts: Exploring Relevance and Filling in Narratives; P.Trimarco Questioning Short Stories: Joyce, Barnes and Simpson; M.Greaney Raymond Carver and the Power of Style; M.Scofield Women Writers; L.Peach The Postcolonial Experience: The Southeast Asian Short Story in English; D.Baldwin The Science Fiction Short Story; A.Sawyer Story and Film; P.Wright Why Teaching the Short Story Today is a Thankless Task; C.E.May Postgraduate Research; A.Cox Appendix: Film Adaptations Further Reading Index

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DEAN BALDWIN, Professor of English, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, USA MICHAEL GREANEY, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Lancaster, UK CHARLES E. MAY, Professor Emeritus of Literature, California State University, Long Beach, USA LINDEN PEACH, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Edge Hill University, UK ANDY SAWYER, Librarian of the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, University of Liverpool, UK MARTIN SCOFIELD, Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, UK PAOLA TRIMARCO, Lecturer in Sociolinguistics and Literary Stylistics, Open University, UK PETER WRIGHT, Reader in Speculative Fictions, Edge Hill University, UK

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