TY - GEN N2 - "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. AB - "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. T1 - The American essay in the American century DA - c2011. CY - Columbia, Mo. : AU - Stuckey-French, Ned. CN - ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete CN - PS428 PB - University of Missouri Press, PP - Columbia, Mo. : PY - c2011. N1 - "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. ID - 1397729 KW - American essays KW - Essayists KW - Essay. KW - American prose literature KW - American prose literature SN - 9780826272546 (electronic bk.) SN - 0826272541 (electronic bk.) TI - The American essay in the American century LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10554752 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10554752 ER -