Masters of the Modern Short Story

Download or read book Masters of the Modern Short Story written by Walter Havighurst and published by W.J. Gage, [195-?]. This book was released on 1945 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The stories in this collection contain various glimpses of truth. Incident develops in the foreground; accompanying it, as a man crossing a summer field is accompanied by his shadow, develops the idea which it exemplifies. The story writer emobdies truth in people (from which all meaning must come), giving it the warmth and vitality of human experience; he uses specific incidents to symbolize universal conditions of life. That method of conveying truth can be considered indirect, or it can be considered the most concrete and direct method possible. At any rate, it is the storyteller's way."--From the introduction.