The Story A Critical Anthology Author:Mark Schorer (Editor) THE STORY: A Critical Anthology, 2nd edition, is a newly revised collection of twenty-six stories, arranged in order of increasing complexity, by the great masters in literature. Mark Schorer's introductory critical commentary on each section and critical analysis of some of the individual stories offer a comprehensive definition of the short st... more »ory as a literary form. Beginning with such short narratives as "Railway Accident" by Thomas Mann and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" by Stephen Crane, Schorer leads the reacher through stories of greater intricacy with more conflict and more complex characterization, culminating with an examination of the novelette, which, according to the editor, borrows form from the tone and structure of both the short story and the novel and is exemplified by Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Henry James's The Turn of the Screw.« less