Distinctive Diverse perspectives of personal experiences in life.
The Norton Book of Personal Essays is a great read for anyone seeking a collection of essays that offer a wide range of perspectives and insights on various life experiences. From the humorous to the thought-provoking, this anthology includes works from well-known authors like Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, and Truman Capote. Each essay offers a unique viewpoint on topics that range from racial conflict to table athletics, making it a great choice for those who appreciate diverse perspectives on life.
ISBN: 9780393036541
Authors:
Joseph Epstein
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date of Publication: 1997-03-17
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections:
Creative Nonfiction
Related Topics:
Essays
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Description
In this anthology of twentieth-century essays, some of our most-admired American and British writers express their lively, candid, entertaining, thoughtful, andabove allvarious opinions. Topics range from Tangier to a lake in Maine, from racial conflict to sky diving, from the expectations we bring to travel to the athletics of the table. The essays are selected and introduced by Joseph Epstein, himself a leading contemporary practitioner of the form. Most prominent in each essay is the distinctive style of the essayist; style, as Epstein points out in his introduction, is not only what keeps literature alive but also a personal way of looking at the world.Blending the profound and the buoyant, the traditional and the new, the expected and the surprising, The Norton Book of Personal Essays offers a basketful of delights sure to find a permanent place on readers' shelves. Mark Twain, Max Beerbohm, Virginia Woolf, Willa Cather, M. F. K. Fisher, F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. B. White, Oliver Sacks, H. L. Mencken, Truman Capote, and Flannery O'Connor are among the contributors to this volume. The chief principle of selection has been the pleasure that essays, operating at their highest power, always give.
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