On essays : Montaigne to the present /
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Edition: | First published in paperback |
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Imprint: | Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021. |
Description: | xvi, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12595199 |
Summary: | What is an essay? It is at once a name for the methodical writing all students do at school and university, and a kind of non-methodical writing which has been a central form of literature since the late sixteenth century - the 'fourth genre', often neglected by comparison with fiction, poetry, and drama. In the twenty-first century, essays have once again become an essential part of the literary landscape, with writers such as Claudia Rankine, Ta-Nehisi Coates,and Maggie Nelson widely read and reviewed. On Essays is a series of seventeen elegant essays on major themes in the history of the genre, written by celebrated essayists, critics, and scholars - essayswhich, taken together, form the most substantial book on the essay in English hitherto published. |
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Item Description: | First published 2020 |
Physical Description: | xvi, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780192848611 019870786X 9780198707868 9780191779008 9780191017537 0192848615 |