Pocket Anthologies: Fiction, 7/e

• Brief and affordable! This pocket-sized anthology allows instructors and students to focus on the stories, with a minimum of pedagogical apparatus—at a cost well under that of traditional fiction anthologies.
• Chronologically organized, the anthology includes classic tales from 19th century authors like Hawthorne, Poe, Jewett, and de Maupassant; 20th century gems by Hawthorne, Irving, Poe, Cather, Hurston, Faulkner, O’Connor, and Richard Wright, among others; and admired stories from contemporary authors like Alice Walker, Jamaica Kincaid, Sherman Alexie, and Jhumpa Lahiri—reflecting a diverse range of writers and styles.
• An introduction to Fiction discusses the origins of the genre, its literary elements, and key terms, and Writing about Fiction offers instruction for writing essays, including sample student papers, as well as coverage of MLA citations.
• An Index of Critical Terms provides a cross-referenced list of literary terms covered in the text.