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D'hoker Elke, « Introduction to Special Section: The Short Story in Context », Journal of the Short Story in English, ID : 10670/1.umml3b
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Since the emergence of the modern short story as a distinct literary form in the second half of the nineteenth century, many critics and writers have sought to decide what it is exactly that distinguishes the short story from longer fiction, such as the novella or the novel. Is it a matter of “unity of impression,” as Edgar Allan Poe famously argued, or does a specific “poetics of brevity” characterize the form (Poe 60; Zumthor)? Does the short story address unique thematic concerns or existe...