<i>A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story</i> provides a comprehensive treatment of short fiction writing and chronicles its development in Britain and Ireland from 1880 to the present.<ul><li>Provides a comprehensive treatment of the short story in Britain and Ireland as it developed over the period 1880 to the present<li>Includes essays on topics and genres, as well as on individual texts and authors<li>Comprises chapters on women's writing, Irish fiction, gay and lesbian writing, and short fiction by immigrants to Britain</ul>