This is a book on how to read the essay, one that demonstrates how reading is inextricably tied to the art of writing. It aims to treat the essay with the close literary attention that has been given to other literary forms. Patricia Hampl explores F. Scott Fitzgerald's famously confessional 'The Crack-Up' from what was once his grandmother's house in St. Paul, Minnesota; Sven Birkerts compares the power of Cynthia Ozick's brief essay 'A Drugstore in Winter' to 'watching an enormous jet achieve lift-off from the shortest little patch of tarmac'; and Gayle Pemberton turns to Ralph Ellison for a 'bracing blast of air' when the Racism in contemporary American culture seems inescapable.
- ISBN:
- 9781554810208
- 9781554810208
- Category:
- Literary essays
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 25-07-2012
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Country of origin:
- Canada
- Pages:
- 280
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x13mm
- Weight:
- 0.32kg
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