The Best American Short Stories 1951
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371515 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1950 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1952 |
The Best American Short Stories 1951 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Roger Angell | "Flight Through the Dark" | The New Yorker |
| Nathan Asch | "Inland, Western Sea" | The New Yorker |
| Peggy Bennett | "A Fugitive From the Mind" | Mademoiselle |
| Mary Bolte | "The End of the Depression" | Harper's Bazaar |
| Hortense Calisher | "In Greenwich There Are Many Grevelled Walks" | The New Yorker |
| Leonard Casper | "Sense of Direction" | Southwest Review |
| R.V. Cassill | "Larchmoor Is Not The World" | Furioso |
| John Cheever | "The Season of Divorce" | The New Yorker |
| Harris Downey | "The Hunters" | Epoch |
| Elizabeth Enright | "The Temperate Zone" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
| J. Carol Goodman | "The Kingdom of Gordon" | Mademoiselle |
| Ethel Edison Gordon | "The Value of the Dollar" | Charm |
| William Goyen | "Her Breath Upon The Windowpane" | Harper's Magazine |
| Shirley Jackson | "The Summer People" | Charm |
| Josephine W. Johnson | "The Mother's Story" | Good Housekeeping |
| Ilona Karmel | "Fru Holm" | Mademoiselle |
| Oliver La Farge | "Old Century's River" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| George Lanning | "Old Turkey Neck" | Tomorrow |
| Ethel G. Lewis | "Portrait" | Epoch |
| Dorothy Livesay | "The Glass House" | The Northern Review |
| Robie Macauley | "The Wishbone" | The Sewanee Review |
| Bernard Malamud | "The Prison" | Commentary |
| Esther Patt | "The Butcherbirds" | The American Mercury |
| J.F. Powers | "Death of a Favorite" | The New Yorker |
| Paul Rader | "The Tabby Cat" | Quarto |
| Jean Stafford | "The Nemesis" | The New Yorker |
| Ray B. West, Jr. | "The Last of the Grizzly Bears" | Epoch |
| Tennessee Williams | "The Resemblance Between A Violin Case and a Coffin" | Flair |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1951). The Best American Short Stories 1951. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371515.
{{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.