The American essay in the American century [electronic resource] / Ned Stuckey-French.
2011
PS428 .S78 2011eb
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Title
The American essay in the American century [electronic resource] / Ned Stuckey-French.
Author
Stuckey-French, Ned.
ISBN
9780826272546 (electronic bk.)
0826272541 (electronic bk.)
9780826219251
082621925X
0826272541 (electronic bk.)
9780826219251
082621925X
Imprint
Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 256 p.) : ill.
Call Number
PS428 .S78 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
814
Summary
"With extensive research and a cultural context, Stuckey-French describes the many reasons essays grew in appeal and importance for Americans. He also explores the rise of E.B. White, considered by many the greatest American essayist of the first half of the twentieth century... This book is one of the first to consider and reflect on the contributions of E.B. White to the personal essay tradition and American culture more generally"--Book jacket.
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"With extensive research and a cultural context, Stuckey-French describes the many reasons essays grew in appeal and importance for Americans. He also explores the rise of E.B. White, considered by many the greatest American essayist of the first half of the twentieth century.... This book is one of the first to consider and reflect on the contributions of E.B. White to the personal essay tradition and American culture more generally."--Dust jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-246) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : defending the essay
The genteel essay and the gentleman at the fireside
The "death" of the essay
The essay in the Progressive Era
New York, New York : the arrival of the colyumnists
Starting out at the New Yorker
Leaving the New Yorker
Epilogue : "once more to the lake," history, and freshman composition.
The genteel essay and the gentleman at the fireside
The "death" of the essay
The essay in the Progressive Era
New York, New York : the arrival of the colyumnists
Starting out at the New Yorker
Leaving the New Yorker
Epilogue : "once more to the lake," history, and freshman composition.