This sweeping collection ranges from the early 1600s through the 1980s and includes 140 essays by the finest writers in the history of the English language. John Gross has collected classics and rare gems, representative samples and personal favorites, intimate essays and learned, serious reflections and hysterically funny satire. The authors form a gallery of genius, all indispensable masters of rhetoric, from Samuel Butler to Samuel Johnson, from George Eliot to George Bernard Shaw, from John Dryden to Ben Franklin, from ...
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This sweeping collection ranges from the early 1600s through the 1980s and includes 140 essays by the finest writers in the history of the English language. John Gross has collected classics and rare gems, representative samples and personal favorites, intimate essays and learned, serious reflections and hysterically funny satire. The authors form a gallery of genius, all indispensable masters of rhetoric, from Samuel Butler to Samuel Johnson, from George Eliot to George Bernard Shaw, from John Dryden to Ben Franklin, from E.B. White to Joan Didion. It is a collection that is at once immensely enlightening, edifying, and entertaining.
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New. 2008. 1st Edition. Paperback. The essay is one of the richest, most imaginative, and most eloquent literary form. This anthology contains some 140 essays by all the leading exponents of the genre. Editor(s): Gross, John. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 508......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
This book has a wonderful collection of short essays about various topics. Some of them are challenging, yet it's fun to read. However, if you want to get a full grasp of what the material is about, you need to concentrate fully while reading it. I recommend it though.
tarheelchief
Aug 15, 2008
Marvelous
The range of topics and quality of writing make this anthology a great addition to any library.