The Best American Short Stories 1947
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 9789997371393 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1946 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1948 |
The Best American Short Stories 1947 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Francis L. Broderick | "Return by Faith" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Dorothy Canfield | "Sex Education" | Yale Review |
| Truman Capote | "The Headless Hawk" | Harper's Bazaar |
| Robert Fontaine | "Day of Gold and Darkness" | Yale Review |
| Adelaide Gerstley | "The Man in the Mirror" | Story |
| John B. L. Goodwin | "The Cocoon" | Story |
| John Mayo Goss | "Bird Song" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Paul Griffith | "The Horse Like September" | Tomorrow |
| Albert J. Guérard | "Turista" | Story |
| Elizabeth Hardwick | "The Golden Stallion" | The Sewanee Review |
| Ruth McCoy Harris | "Up the Road a Piece" | The Antioch Review |
| Thomas Heggen | "Night Watch" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Edward Harris Heth | "Under the Ginkgo Trees" | Town and Country |
| John Richard Humphreys | "Michael Finney and the Little Men" | Cosmopolitan |
| Victoria Lincoln | "Down in the Reeds by the River" | The New Yorker |
| Robert Lowry | "Little Baseball World" | Mademoiselle |
| May Davies Martenet | "Father Delacroix" | Quarterly Review of Literature |
| Jane Mayhall | "The Darkness" | Quarterly Review of Literature |
| J. F. Powers | "Prince of Darkness" | Accent |
| Samson Raphaelson | "The Greatest Idea in the World" | Good Housekeeping |
| Mark Schorer | "What We Don't Know Hurts Us" | Harper's Bazaar |
| Allan Seager | "Game Chickens" | Foreground |
| Irwin Shaw | "Act of Faith" | The New Yorker |
| Sylvia Shirley | "The Red Dress" | Harper's Magazine |
| Jean Stafford | "The Interior Castle" | Partisan Review |
| Irwin Stark | "Shock Treatment" | Commentary |
| Wallace Stegner | "The Women on the Wall" | Harper's Magazine |
| Niccolò Tucci | "The Siege" | Harper's Magazine |
| John D. Weaver | "Bread and Games" | Harper's Magazine |
| Lawrence Williams | "The Hidden Room" | Cosmopolitan |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1947). The Best American Short Stories 1947. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371393.
{{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.