The American Essay in the American Century /

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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 o...

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Autor principal: Stuckey-French, Ned
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
White, E. B. > (Elwyn Brooks), > 1899-1985.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
Essay
Essayists.
Essay.
American prose literature.
American essays.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
Prose americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Prose americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Essai (Genre litteraire)
Essayistes > 20e siecle.
Essais americains > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Essayists > 20th century.
American essays > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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