‘The Wagner Matinee’ by Willa Cather: Short Story Analysis ‘The Wagner Matinee’ is a realistic Victorian or Romantic Period short story penned in 1904 by American writer Willa Cather. Willa Cather is a greatly respected American writer. She usually wrote short stories describing the Prairies or the Great Plains' frontier life during the latter half of the nineteenth … [Read more...] about ‘The Wagner Matinee’ by Willa Cather: Short Story Analysis
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‘The Baby Party’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Short Story Analysis
‘The Baby Party’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Short Story Analysis ‘The Baby Party’ is an early modernist Jazz Age short story by American writer extraordinaire F. Scott Fitzgerald. F. Scott Fitzgerald, also known as Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, is one of the greatest twentieth century American writers. Fitzgerald penned ‘The Baby Party’ in 1925 when he was not so well known … [Read more...] about ‘The Baby Party’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Short Story Analysis
‘The Stranger’ by Ambrose Bierce: Short Story Analysis
‘The Stranger’ by Ambrose Bierce: Short Story Analysis ‘The Stranger’ is a historical fabulist horror story by Ambrose Bierce set in the early nineteenth century in the western USA. Bierce was a well-known American writer and journalist whom we remember today for his ghost stories and stories of the macabre. He disappeared mysteriously at the age of seventy-one or … [Read more...] about ‘The Stranger’ by Ambrose Bierce: Short Story Analysis
‘Hair’ by William Faulkner: Short Story Analysis
‘Hair’ by William Faulkner: Short Story Analysis ‘Hair’ is a modernist realistic short story penned in 1931 by the most celebrated American writer, William Faulkner. He was a novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. In this short story titled ‘Hair’, Faulkner uses localities and the supporting character to … [Read more...] about ‘Hair’ by William Faulkner: Short Story Analysis
‘The Whistle’ by Benjamin Franklin: Short Story Analysis
‘The Whistle’ by Benjamin Franklin: Short Story Analysis ‘The Whistle’ is a parabolic short story-cum-letter penned on the 10th of November 1779 by American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Franklin wrote this parabolic short story-cum-letter at the age of 73 to Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy. She was a French musician and composer. In 1777, Anne composed the Marche des … [Read more...] about ‘The Whistle’ by Benjamin Franklin: Short Story Analysis