The Best American Short Stories 1946
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371355 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1945 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1947 |
The Best American Short Stories 1946 is a volume in The Best American Short Stories series edited by Martha Foley. The volume was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.[1]
Background
The series is considered one of the "best-known annual anthologies of short fiction"[2] and has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature.[3][4][5]
In particular, the Willa Cather Review wrote that The Best American Short Stories series "became a repository of values" for creative writing programs, college libraries, and literary magazines.[6] The Los Angeles Times, reflecting on the hundred-year anniversary of the series, noted that it eventually became an "institution" itself, often being taught in classrooms.[7]
Short stories included
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Angoff | "Jerry" | Prairie Schooner |
| Warren Beck | "Out of Line" | Yale Review |
| John Berryman | "The Lovers" | Kenyon Review |
| Ray Bradbury | "The Big Black and White Game" | American Mercury |
| Bessie Breuer | "Bury Your Own Dead" | Harper's Bazaar |
| T. K. Brown III | "The Valley of the Shadow" | Esquire |
| W. R. Burnett | "The Ivory Tower" | Good Housekeeping |
| Walter Van Tilburg Clark | "The Wind and the Snow of Winter" | Yale Review |
| Laurence Critchell | "Flesh and Blood" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Mary Deasy | "A Sense of Danger" | Harper's Magazine |
| Samuel Elkin | "In a Military Manner" | Harper's Magazine |
| Elaine Gottlieb | "The Norm" | Kenyon Review |
| Elizabeth Hardwick | "The Mysteries of Eleusis" | Partisan Review |
| Josephine W. Johnson | "Story Without End" | Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Ben Hur Lampman | "Old Bill Bent to Drink" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Meyer Liben | "The Caller" | Accent |
| A. J. Liebling | "Run, Run, Run, Run" | The New Yorker |
| W. O. Mitchell | "The Owl and the Bens" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Vladimir Nabokov | "Time and Ebb" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Ann Petry | "Like a Winding Sheet" | The Crisis |
| Wentzle Ruml III | "For a Beautiful Relationship" | Kenyon Review |
| Gladys Schmitt | "The King's Daughter" | Story |
| Irwin Stark | "The Bridge" | The Antioch Review |
| James Stern | "The Woman Who Was Loved" | Harper's Bazaar |
| James Still | "Mrs. Razor" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Peter Taylor | "The Scout Master" | Partisan Review |
| Lionel Trilling | "The Other Margaret" | Partisan Review |
| Henrietta Weigel | "Love Affair" | Kenyon Review |
| Jessamyn West | "The Singing Lesson" | Harper's Magazine |
| Glennyth Woods | "Death in a Cathedral" | Twice A Year |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (June 1, 1946). The Best American Short Stories 1946. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371355.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ "Short and Sweet" by Mark Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 11/05/99, issue 511, page 73.
- ^ "The Best American Short Stories of the Century," Publishers Weekly, 3/8/1999, volume 246, issue 10, page 47.
- ^ Hempel, Amy (1986-02-09). "The Best American Short Stories 1985 : edited by Gail Godwin with Shannon Ravenel (Houghton Mifflin; $14.95, hardcover; $8.95, paperback; 300 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
- ^ "Best Stories of the Century? Not Quite, but Close Enough". Observer. 1999-05-10. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ "'Long-Cellared Wine': 'Double Birthday,' Edward J. H. O'Brien, and the Best American Short Stories Series" by Timothy W. Bintrim and Scott Riner, Willa Cather Review, spring 2023, volume 64, issue 1, page 18.
- ^ "Review: '100 Years of Best American Short Stories' is vital yet flawed for loading the canon". Los Angeles Times. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2025-04-10.