The Best American Short Stories 1949
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371447 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1948 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1950 |
The Best American Short Stories 1949 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Albee | "Mighty, Mighty Pretty" | Story |
| Livingston Biddle, Jr. | "The Vacation" | Cosmopolitan Magazine |
| Elizabeth Bishop | "The Farmer's Children" | Harper's Bazaar |
| Paul Bowles | "Under the Sky" | Partisan Review |
| Frank Brookhouser | "My Father and the Circus" | University of Kansas City Review |
| Borden Deal | "Exodus" | Tomorrow Magazine |
| Adele Dolokhov | "Small Miracle" | Today's Woman |
| Ward Dorrance | "The White Hound" | The Hudson Review |
| Henry Gregor Felsen | "Li Chang's Million" | Woman's Day Magazine |
| Robert Gibbons | "Departure of Hubbard" | Tomorrow Magazine |
| Beatrice Griffith | "In the Flow of Time" | Common Ground |
| Elizabeth Hardwick | "Evenings at Home" | Partisan Review |
| Joseph Heller | "Castle of Snow" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| Ruth Herschberger | "A Sound in the Night" | Harper's Bazaar |
| Laura Hunter | "Jerry" | Mademoiselle |
| Jim Kjelgaard | "Of the River and Uncle Pidcock" | Adventure |
| Roderick Lull | "Footnote to American History" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
| T. D. Mabry | "The Vault" | The Kenyon Review |
| Agnes Macdonald | "Vacia" | Accent |
| Jane Mayhall | "The Men" | Perspective |
| Patrick Morgan | "The Heifer" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| Irving Pfeffer | "All Prisoners Here" | Harper's Magazine |
| John Rogers | "Episode of a House Remembered" | Wake |
| J. D. Salinger | "A Girl I Knew" | Good Housekeeping |
| Alfredo Segre | "Justice Has No Number" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Madelon Shapiro | "An Island For My Friends" | Bard Review |
| Jean Stafford | "Children Are Bored on Sunday" | The New Yorker |
| Jessamyn West | "Road to the Isles" | The New Yorker |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (June 1, 1949). The Best American Short Stories 1949. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371447.
{{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.