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The Nature of the Short Story: Attempts at Definition
The Nature of the Short Story: Attempts at Definition

Author(s): Stefan COLIBABA
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: short story; genre; unity of effect

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the way in which critical approaches "explain" why and how the short story has come to be regarded by some as the most accomplished literary form of the 20th century and by others as the "Cinderella of fiction".

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 220-230
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English