Download or read book American Short Story since 1950 written by Kasia Boddy and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Short Story since 1950 offers a reappraisal and contextualisation of a critically underrated genre during a particularly rich period in its history. It offers new readings of important stories by key writers including Flannery O'Connor, John Cheever, Donald Barthelme, Raymond Carver, Lorrie Moore and Grace Paley. These readings are related throughout to the various contexts in which stories are written and published, including creative writing schools, story-writing handbooks, mass market and 'little' magazines.