Volume 8 No. 2 — 1 October 1977
What Happened to the Short Story?
Frank Moorhouse
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Published 1 October 1977 in Volume 8 No. 2. Subjects: Australian short stories.
Cite as: Moorhouse, Frank. 'What Happened to the Short Story?.' Australian Literary Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 1977. https://doi.org/10.20314/als.6efedaac1e.
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