Acknowledgments

The editors wish to thank the copyright holders of the excerpted criticism included in this volume and the permissions managers of many book and magazine publishing companies for assisting us in securing reproduction rights. We are also grateful to the staffs of the Detroit Public Library, the Library of Congress, the University of Detroit Mercy Library, Wayne State University Purdy/Kresge Library Complex, and the University of Michigan Libraries for making their resources available to us. Following is a list of the copyright holders who have granted us permission to reproduce material in this volume of Short Stories for Students (SSfS). Every effort has been made to trace copyright, but if omissions have been made, please let us know.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS IN SSfS, VOLUME 21, WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

American Notes & Queries, v. 20, November/December, 1981. Copyright © 1981 by Erasmus Press. Reproduced by permission of The University Press of Kentucky.—Australian Journal of French Studies, v. 18, January–April, 1981 for "The Decline and Fall of Elisabeth Rousset: Text and Context in Maupassant's 'Boule de suif,'" by Mary Donaldson-Evans. Copyright © 1981 by Australian Journal of French Studies. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Explicator, v. 46, spring, 1988; v. 51, fall, 1992; v. 59, spring, 2001. All reproduced with permission of the Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, published by Heldref Publications, 1319 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036–1802.—Extrapolation, v. 40, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by Kent State University Press. Reproduced by permission.—Journal of Arabic Literature, v. 5, 1974. Copyright © 1974 by Leiden/E. J. Brill. Reproduced by permission.—Literature & History, v. 3, spring, 1994. Copyright © 1994 by Manchester University Press. Reproduced by permission of Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK.—Midwest Quarterly, v. 41, autumn, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by The Midwest Quarterly, Pittsburgh State University. Reproduced by permission.—Southern Quarterly, v. 22, fall, 1983. Copyright © by The University of Southern Mississippi. Reproduced by permission.—Studies in American Humor, v. 3, 1998. Copyright © 1998 American Humor Studies Association. Reproduced by permission.—Studies in the Novel, v. 31, spring, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by North Texas State University. Reproduced by permission.—Twentieth Century Literature, v. 20, April, 1974. Copyright © 1974 by Hofstra University Press. Reproduced by permission.—Virginia Quarterly Review, summer, 2004. Copyright © 2004, by The Virginia Quarterly Review, The University of Virginia. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS IN SSfS, VOLUME 21, WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

Ellison, Harlan. From "A Time for Daring," in The Book of Ellison. Edited by Andrew Porter. ALGOL Press, 1978. Copyright © 1978 by ALGOL Press and Andrew Porter. Reproduced by permission.—Ensslen, Klaus. From "Toni Cade Bambara: Gorilla, My Love (1971)," in The African American Short Story: 1970 to 1990. Edited by Wolfgang Karrer and Barbara Puschmann-Nalenz. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 1993. Copyright © by WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Ferguson, Christine. From "Alice Adams," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 234, American Short-Story Writers Since World War II. Third Series. Edited by Patrick Meanor and Richard E. Lee. The Gale Group, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by the Gale Group. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the Gale Group.—Gale. From "Akhil Sharma," in Contemporary Authors Online. Gale, 2002. Reproduced by permission of the Gale Group.—Grebstein, Sheldon. From "The Sane Method of 'Crazy Sunday,'" in The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: New Approaches in Criticism. Edited by Jackson R. Bryer. University of Wisconsin Press, 1982. Copyright © 1982 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Kahn, Sholom J. From Mark Twain's 'Mysterious Stranger': A Study of the Manuscript Texts. University of Missouri Press, 1978. Copyright © 1978 by the Curators of the University of Missouri. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.—Martin, Robert A. From "Hollywood in Fitzgerald: After Paradise," in The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: New Approaches in Criticism. Edited by Jackson R. Bryer. University of Wisconsin Press, 1982. Copyright © 1982 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Wallace, Albert. From Guy de Maupassant. Twayne Publishers, 1973. Reproduced by permission of the Gale Group.—Wilson, Mary. From Jean Stafford: A Study of the Short Fiction. Twayne Publishers, 1996. Copyright © by Twayne Publishers. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the Gale Group.—Zaidman, Laura M. From "Zora Neale Hurston," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 86, American Short-Story Writers, 1910–1945. First Series. Edited by Bobby Ellen Kimbel. Gale Research, 1989. Copyright © 1989 Gale Research, Inc. Reproduced by permission of the Gale Group.

PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS APPEARING IN SSfS, VOLUME 21, WERE RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES:

Actor performing the role of King Arthur's Merlin, photograph. © Richard T. Nowitz/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Adams, Alice, photograph. © Jerry Bauer. Reproduced by permission.—Allen, Woody, photograph. The Library of Congress.—Bambara, Toni Cade, photograph by Nikky Finney. Reproduced by permission of Nikky Finney.—Burton, Sir Richard, photograph. The Library of Congress.—Businessman looking at a clock, 2004, photograph by Kelly A. Quin. Copyright © Kelly A. Quin. Reproduced by permission.—Davies, Peter Ho, photograph. © Jerry Bauer. Reproduced by permission.—"Diego and I," painting by Frida Kahlo, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Ellison, Harlan, photograph by Chris Cuffaro. Reproduced by permission of Chris Cuffaro.—Fitzgerald, F. Scott, photograph. The Library of Congress.—García Márquez, Gabriel, 1982, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Greyhound "Highway Traveler," March, 1948, photograph. © Bettmann/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Hands of a pecan farmer, photograph. © John B. Boykin/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—"Harlequin," painting by Paul Cezanne, photograph. © Corbis Sygma. Reproduced by permission.—Hindu bride at wedding, photograph. © Earl and Nazima Kowall/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Hurston, Zora Neale, at the "New York Times" book fair, photograph. The Library of Congress.—Kipling, Rudyard, photograph.—Maupassant, Guy de, photograph.—Men standing next to gun carriages loaded at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, probably Paris, France, photograph. © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Offterdinger, Carl, illustrator. From Arabian Nights, by Sir Richard Burton. ca. 1900. © Bettmann/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Orleans Parish Criminal District Courtroom, where Judge Edward A. Haggerty, Jr., will hear the "Clay Shaw Conspiracy" trial, commencing on January 21, 1969, photograph. © Bettmann/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Polar Bear, ca. 1993, photograph by Kennan Ward. © Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Sabu, with Maria Montez, in a scene from the film Tales from the 1001 Nights, photograph. Universal/The Kobal Collection. Reproduced by permission.—Sappers from the Royal Engineers at work constructing the Bailey Bridge, June, 1950, photograph. © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Sharma, Akhil, photograph. © Jerry Bauer. Reproduced by permission.—Silver dinnerware set, drawing. © Elio Ciol/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Sixteenth-century printing shop showing engravers and hand-operated printing presses, illustration. © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Sony movie theater lobby, photograph. © Gail Mooney/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Stafford, Jean, photograph. © Corbis/Bettmann. Reproduced by permission.—Taddei, Richard, illustrator. From a cover of Gorilla, My Love, by Toni Cade Bambara. Copyright © 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972 by Toni Cade Bambara. Used by permission of Random House, Inc.—Thalberg, Irving, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Twain, Mark, photograph. The Library of Congress.—Victorian homes and San Francisco skyline, photograph. © Charles O'Rear/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Yellow mongoose biting a snake, photograph. © Gallo Images/Corbis.