..., 1905–1921 . Leiden : Brill . Brecht Bertolt . 2012 . The Decision . In Brecht Collected Plays , vol. 3 , edited by Willett John , 61 – 89 . New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama . Hobsbawm Eric . 1994 . Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991 . New York...

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...James B. Tharp Copyright © 1930 by Duke University Press 1930 THE FANTASTIC SHORT STORY IN FRANCE JAMES B. THARP Ohio State University I IT IS interesting to note how some of the best known French writers of tales, in the days when the short story was just emerging and taking form, were...

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