Perspectives

We advise you to analyze Irwin Shaw’s “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses” through several perspectives, such as the literary period, works with the same theme, and references in pop cultur…

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Literary period

The short story “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses” is Modernist in style. An interesting Modernist feature employed by Shaw in the short story is the way in which dialogue is the main technique that helps render the story. As you have …

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Works with the same theme

A short story that also deals with the theme of faulty relationships between spouses is “To Feed the Night” by Philip Hensher. Hensher’s story focuses on two spouses that use material things to make their relationship work. The husband and the wife do not communi…

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References in pop culture

The short story “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses” was adapted into a short film which was released in 1971. The film stars actors Jeff Bridges and Carol Kane in…