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May, Charles Edward was born on February 18, 1941 in Paintsville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Howard Edward and Kathleen (Newsom) May.
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Edgar Allan Poe: a Study of the Short Fiction (Twayne's studies in short fiction series) by Charles E. May (1991-09-01)
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By Charles E. May - Short Story Theories (1977-01-16) Paperback
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Short Story Theories
( Although the short story has often been called America’...)
Although the short story has often been called America’s unique contribution to the world’s literature, relatively few critics have taken the form seriously. May’s collection of essays by popular commentators, academic critics, and short story writers attempts to assess the reasons for this neglect and provides significant theoretical directions for a reevaluation of the form. The essays range from discussions by Poe to comments by John Cheever. Frank O’Connor describes the short story as depicting “an intense awareness of human loneliness,” and Nadine Gordimer suggests that the story is more suitable than the novel in rendering the fragmentary modern experience. Eudora Welty sees the story as something “wrapped in an atmosphere” of its own; Randall Jarrell speaks of the mythic basis of the genre. Elizabeth Bowen and Alberto Moravia discuss thematic and structural distinctions between the novel and the story. The collection also includes discussions of various types of stories, as satiric and lyric, critical surveys of the development of the modern short story, and the status of the form at the present time. An excellent annotated bibliography is also included, which describes 135 books and articles on the short story, evaluating their contribution to a unified theory of the form.
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Charles E. May: New Short Story Theories (Paperback); 1994 Edition
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The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice
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The short story is one of the most difficult types of prose to write and one of the most pleasurable to read. From Boccaccio's Decameron to The Collected Stories of Reynolds Price, 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.
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By Charles E. May - The New Short Story Theories: 1st (first) Edition
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The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice (Genres in Context)
(The short story is one of the most difficult types of pro...)
The short story is one of the most difficult types of prose to write and one of the most pleasurable to read. From Boccaccio's Decameron to The Collected Stories of Reynolds Price, 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.
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Charles Edward May
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Bachelor, Morehead State University, 1963; Master of Arts, Ohio University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio University, 1966.
Career
Assistant professor, Ohio University, Athens, 1966-1967; assistant professor advanced to professor, California State University, Long Beach, since 1967.
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Short Story Theories
( Although the short story has often been called America’...)
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The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice
(The short story is one of the most difficult types of pro...)
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The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice (Genres in Context)
(The short story is one of the most difficult types of pro...)
- Edgar Allan Poe: a Study of the Short Fiction (Twayne's studies in short fiction series) by Charles E. May (1991-09-01)
- By Charles E. May - Short Story Theories (1977-01-16) Paperback
- Charles E. May: New Short Story Theories (Paperback); 1994 Edition
- By Charles E. May - The New Short Story Theories: 1st (first) Edition
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Short Story Theories
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Married Joan C. Trivett, December, 1967 (divorced 1978). Children: Hillary Ellen, Hayden Alexander. Married Patricia Ruth Treadway, March 29, 1980.
1 child, Jordan Elizabeth.
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Democrat