The Oxford Book Of Essays
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| Author | : John Gross |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 680 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 0199556555 |
The essay is one of the richest of literary forms. Its most obvious characteristics are freedom, informality, and the personal touch--though it can also find room for poetry, satire, fantasy, and sustained argument. All these qualities, and many others, are on display in The Oxford Book of Essays. The most wide-ranging collection of its kind to appear for many years, it includes 140 essays by 120 writers: classics, curiosities, meditations, diversions, old favorites, recent examples that deserve to be better known. A particularly welcome feature is the amount of space allotted to American essayists, from Benjamin Franklin to John Updike and beyond. This is an anthology that opens with wise words about the nature of truth, and closes with a consideration of the novels of Judith Krantz. Some of the other topics discussed in its pages are anger, pleasure, Gandhi, Beau Brummell, wasps, party-going, gangsters, plumbers, Beethoven, potato crisps, the importance of being the right size, and the demolition of Westminster Abbey. It contains some of the most eloquent writing in English, and some of the most entertaining.
| Author | : Ilan Stavans |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 536 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
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An intriguing collection of more than 70 Latin American essays, some never before translated into English, gives us the whole spectrum of concerns that have animated some of the greatest writers of our time--from Andres Bello, Pablo Neruda, and Alfonso Reyes to Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Rosario Ferre--an assembly confident, ingenious, aware.
| Author | : Brander Matthews |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 532 |
| Release | : 1914 |
| Genre | : American essays |
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| Author | : Richard Dawkins |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 439 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0199216819 |
Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory.This is a rich and vibrant collection that captures the poetry and excitement of communicating scientific understanding and scientific effort from 1900 to the present day. Professor Dawkins has included writing from a diverse range of scientists, some of whom need no introduction, and some of whoseworks have become modern classics, while others may be less familiar - but all convey the passion of great scientists writing about their science.
| Author | : Thomas Karshan |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 397 |
| Release | : 2020-07-29 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 019870786X |
Sets out in a new and authoritative way the history of the essay; explains how the essay has come to mean what it does, surveys the widely various incarnations of the form, offers new accounts of major essayists in English, and traces a wide range of significant themes.
| Author | : Joyce Carol Oates |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 788 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780195092622 |
This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.
| Author | : Mark Twain |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 1898 |
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| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Brander Matthews |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 512 |
| Release | : 1914 |
| Genre | : American essays |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2008-09-11 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 0199552401 |
Stoic philosopher and tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote moral essays - exercises in practical philosophy - on how to live in a troubled world. Strikingly applicable today, his thoughts on happiness and other subjects are here combined in a clear, modern translation with an introduction on Seneca's life and philosophy.
| Author | : John Mark Reynolds |
| Publisher | : Baker Books |
| Total Pages | : 656 |
| Release | : 2011-09-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1441259902 |
Great Books programs have become increasingly popular among Christian colleges, high schools, and even home schoolers. This one-of-a-kind book is designed for those who do not have the opportunity to attend such a program but are still interested in directly engaging with the Western Canon. It contains substantial excerpts from thirty of the most important books in history, with each excerpt followed by an essay placing the work in historical and Christian context. Readers can learn directly from such authors and thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, de Tocqueville, Freud, and Chesterton. Selected as one of 2011's Best Books for Preachers by Preaching Magazine
