This is the only series to provide in-depth critical introductions to major modern and contemporary short story writers worldwide.
Each volume offers:
-- A comprehensive overview of the artist's short fiction -- including detailed analyses of every significant story
-- Interviews, essays, memoirs and other biographical materials -- often previously unpublished
-- A representative selection of critical responses
-- A comprehensive primary bibliography, a selected bibliography of important criticism, a chronology of the artist's life and works and an index