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    A Study Guide for Mary Robison's "Yours"
    A Study Guide for Mary Robison's "Yours"
    A Study Guide for Mary Robison's "Yours"
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    A Study Guide for Mary Robison's "Yours"

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    A Study Guide for Mary Robison's "Yours," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 27, 2016
    ISBN9781535843508
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      A Study Guide for Mary Robison's "Yours" - Gale

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      Yours

      Mary Robison

      1982

      Introduction

      Originally published on November 1, 1982, in the New Yorker magazine, Mary Robison's short story Yours was published as part of a compilation in 1983's An Amateur's Guide to the Night. More recently, it was included in the collection Tell Me: 30 Stories (2002).

      Yours, like all of Robison's other works, focuses on the seemingly insignificant moments of life, those moments that, when removed from their context, are nothing more than just that: moments. However, when taken as part of the bigger picture, such moments are laden with meaning both personal and universal. In the case of Yours, Robison touches on themes of love and marriage as well as human dignity as she allows her characters to show—rather than tell—the reader what those concepts mean.

      Robison's story is written in what critics refer to as a minimalist style in that every word counts. With a final count of just under 750 words, Robison tells a powerful story, one that takes place over the course of an evening, with brevity and yet a great deal of detail. It is in that detail that the observant reader comes to understand the message Robison is attempting to convey.

      Author Biography

      The third of eight children and the eldest girl of the family, Robison was born Mary Reiss on January 14, 1949, in Washington, D.C. She spent her formative years in Ohio and eventually graduated from Ohio State University. While there, she met her first husband, Robert Watson. The couple had two daughters before divorcing while still in their early twenties. Several years later, Robison married fellow writer James Robison, but that marriage was dissolved in

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