Strongly emphasizing the works of major writers such as Hawthorne, Poe, James, Irving, Twain, and Faulkner, this latest edition of a remarkably successful text ranges from the traditional to the modern experimental fictions of Barth, Barthelme, and Coover. Edited by one of the most prominent experts in the field, the third edition addresses the needs of a changing readership by presenting more works by women, writers of color, and contemporary authors, including Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Zora Neale Hurston, Robert Stone, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Louise Erdrich. Preceding each section is an introductory essay discussing individual works and the development of the genre, and biographical and bibliographical notes for each author are also provided. American Short Stories, 3/e is the definitive source for exploring the full range of American contributions to the short story.

The Search for Form: Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville and James Rip Van Winkle; The Adventure of the German Student, Washington Irving Young Goodman Brown; Wakefield; Rappaccini's Daughter, Nathaniel Hawthorne Ligeia; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Purloined Letter Bartleby the Serivener, Herman Melville The Real Thing; The Jolly Corner, Henry James Regionalism and Realism The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County; How To Tell a Story, Mark Twain The Outcasts of Poker Flat, Bret Harte Editha, William Dean Howells The Courting of Sister Wisby, Sarah Orne Jewett Desiree's Baby, Kate Chopin The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman Willa Cather, Neighbor Rosicky A National Art Form The Open Boat; Stephen Crane's Own Story, Stephen Crane I Want To Know Why, Sherwood Anderson Babylon Revisited, F. Scott Fitzgerald Big Two-Hearted River, Ernest Hemingway The Gilded Six-Bits, Zora Neale Hurston Red Leaves; That Evening Sun, William Faulkner Flowering Judas, Katherine Anne Porter Petrified Man, Eudora Welty Blackberry Winter, Robert Penn Warren The Man Who Was Almost a Man, Richard Wright Looking for Mr. Green, Saul Bellow A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Flannery O'Connor The Magic Barrel, Bernard Malamud Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, Peter Taylor Sonny's Blues, James Baldwin Defender of the Faith, Philip Roth The Doctor's Wife, John Updike The World of Apples, John Cheever The Short Story Today Lost in the Funhouse, John Barth The Indian Uprising, Donald Barthelme The Magic Poker, Robert Coover The Long-Distance Runner, Grace Paley Daisy, Joyce Carol Oates Helping, Robert Stone Errand, Raymond Carver Everyday Use, Alice Walker Storyteller, Leslie Marmon Silko Snares, Louise Erdrich Biographical and Bibliographical Notes The American Short Story: A General Bibliography

"An original and ingenious selection of stories from the most durable authors. This anthology showcases the best of our national literature in all its variety and versatility and will continue to delight and instruct."--Jean-Mark Sens, University of Mississippi