TY - GEN 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. AU - Stuckey-French, Ned. CN - EBSCOhost CN - PS428 CY - Columbia, Mo. : DA - c2011. ID - 436512 KW - American essays KW - Essayists KW - Essay. KW - American prose literature KW - American prose literature LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=439476 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. 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. PB - University of Missouri Press, PP - Columbia, Mo. : PY - c2011. SN - 9780826272546 (electronic bk.) SN - 0826272541 (electronic bk.) T1 - The American essay in the American century TI - The American essay in the American century UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=439476 ER -