<FONT size=1>This first revised edition of <I>Masterplots II: Short Story Series</I> incorporates all the articles from the original 6-volume set (1986) and 4-volume Supplement (1996) and adds 250 new essays to bring the total to 1,490 articles. The set is organized and formatted in the standard Masterplots form, with articles arranged alphabetically by story titles. Essays average 1,500 words in length and are divided into sections with these headings: Title, Author, Type of plot, Time of plot, Locale, Principal characters, The Story, Themes and Meanings, and Style and Technique.<BR><IMG height=10 src="http://www.warnerbooks.com.au/catalogue/c65/images/parts/clear.gif" width=1 border=0 mce_src="http://www.warnerbooks.com.au/catalogue/c65/images/parts/clear.gif"><BR>Readers of <I>Masterplots II: Short Story Series</I> will find in its articles penetrating discussions of the content, themes, structure, and techniques of 1,490 stories by writers from every region in the world--North America, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and other European countries.<BR><IMG height=10 src="http://www.warnerbooks.com.au/catalogue/c65/images/parts/clear.gif" width=1 border=0 mce_src="http://www.warnerbooks.com.au/catalogue/c65/images/parts/clear.gif"><BR>The set has three appendices: Glossary, Bibliography (which includes individual bibliographies on every author who is represented by five or more stories in the set), and a Chronological List of Stories. There are four indexes: Title Index, Author Index, Geographical Index, and Type of Plot Index.</FONT><BR><!--BOTTOM BUFFER--><IMG height=12 src="http://www.warnerbooks.com.au/catalogue/c65/images/parts/clear.gif" width=1 border=0 mce_src="http://www.warnerbooks.com.au/catalogue/c65/images/parts/clear.gif">