Penguin academics

The perfect alternative to longer anthologies, this brief, affordable, and diverse collection of short stories from the past three centuries provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the study of fiction. In keeping with the objectives of the Penguin Academics series, Fiction: A Pocket Anthology offers a range of widely admired stories from nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century authors in a quality trade-format book at an affordable price. Why do you need this new edition? • Thirteen new selections include stories by authors not previously represented in this anthology, as well as different offerings for previously anthologized authors. • Brand new to this anthology are authors Hisaye Yamamoto, Tim O'Brien, and Sherman Alexie who bring diverse subject matter and styles to the mix. • New selections from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Kate Chopin, James Joyce, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, Alice Munro, and Lorrie Moore show these admired writers at their best.

Written for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and playwrights, Imaginative Writing explores the elements of craft (Image, Voice, Character, Setting, Story, and Development and Revision) and includes writing exercises in each chapter.