Bliss Perry: “A Study of Prose Fiction”––Chapter XII, on “The Short Story.”
Charles Sears Baldwin: Introduction to “American Short Stories.”
Henry Seidel Canby: “The Short Story in English.”
Charles Raymond Barrett: “Short Story Writing.”
Brander Matthews: Introduction to “The Short-Story: Specimens Illustrating Its Development.”
CHAPTER XI
THE STRUCTURE OF THE SHORT-STORY
Only One Best Way to Construct a Short-Story––Problems of Short-Story Construction––The Initial Position––The Terminal Position––Poe’s Analysis of “The Raven”––Analysis of “Ligeia”––Analysis of “The Prodigal Son”––Style Essential to the Short-Story.