Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-107) and index.
Biography of Isaac Babel -- Plot summary of "My first goose" -- List of characters in "My first goose" -- Critical views on "My first goose". Patricia Carden on symbolism ; Martin B. Klotz on narrative voice ; Joe Andrew on structure ; Peter Stine on imagery ; Efraim Sicher on estrangement and identity ; Yuri Shcheglov on themes and archetypes -- Plot summary of "The story of my dovecote" -- List of characters in "The story of my dovecote" -- Critical views on "The story of my dovecote". Patricia Carden on education ; Peter Stine on violence ; Hamutal Bar-Yosef on stereotypes and storytelling ; Alice Stone Nakhimovsky on mythmaking ; Efraim Sicher on anti-semitism -- Plot summary of "The awakening" -- List of characters in "The awakening" -- Critical views on "The awakening". Lionel Trilling on education ; Patricia Carden on intellectualism ; James E. Falen on art and nature ; Efraim Sicher on ghetto mentality -- Plot summary of "Guy de Maupassant" -- List of characters in "Guy de Maupassant" -- Critical views on "Guy de Maupassant". Patricia Carden on illusion ; Peter Stine on Babel's despair ; Charles Rougle on the fusion of art and reality ; Victor Erlich on metaliterary elements ; Alexander Zholkovsky on Tolstoy allusions.
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Presents plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views of the author's most famous short stories.
Babelʹ, I., (Isaak),1894-1940-- Criticism and interpretation.