{"product_id":"short-story-paperback-softback","title":"Short Story - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe short story is one of the most difficult types of prose to write and one of the most pleasurable to read. From Boccaccio's \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Stories of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eReynolds Price\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles May gives us an understanding of the history and structure of this demanding form of fiction. Beginning with a general history of the genre, he moves on to focus on the nineteenth-century when the modern short story began to come into focus. From there he moves on to later nineteenth-century realism and early twentieth-century formalism and finally to the modern renaissance of the form that shows no signs of abating. A chronology of significant events, works and figures from the genre's history, notes and references and an extensive bibliographic essay with recommended reading round out the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45564677685486,"sku":"9780415938839","price":62.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415938839.jpg?v=1720670622","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/short-story-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}