Toward the End: Closure and Structure in the American Short Story

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Acknowledgments xi
• Introduction - Purpose, Methods, and LImits 1
• Chapter 1 Antecedents 7
• Chapter 2 The Early Nineteenth Century 24
• Chapter 3 The Later Nineteenth Century 51
• Chapter 4 Converging Closure and the Theory of Openness 74
• Chapter 5 The Twentieth Century: New Forms 94
• Chapter 6 The Twentieth Century: Extending the Frame 119
• Chapter 7 Antistory and Story: From Tralfamadore to Tale 144
• Chapter 8 Conclusion 160
• Notes 166
• Selected Bibliography 184
• Index 189
• About the Author 194