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Making of the American Essay, The

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Making of the American Essay, The

SKU: 9781555977344 Category: Product ID: 61315

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Title: Making of the American Essay, The
Author: D’AGATA JOHN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 15/03/2016
Imprint: GRAYWOLF
Price: $45.00
Publishing status: Active

For two decades, essayist John D’Agata has been exploring the contours of the essay through a series of innovative, informative, and expansive anthologies that have become foundational texts in the study of the genre. The breakthrough first volume, “The Next American Essay, ” highlighted major work from 1974 to 2003, while the second, “The Lost Origins of the Essay, ” showcased the essay’s ancient and international forebears. Now, with “The Making of the American Essay, ” D’Agata concludes his monumental tour of this inexhaustible form, with selections ranging from Anne Bradstreet’s secular prayers to Washington Irving’s satires, Emily Dickinson’s love letters to Kenneth Goldsmith’s catalogues, Gertrude Stein’s portraits to James Baldwin’s and Norman Mailer’s meditations on boxing.Across the anthologies, D’Agata’s introductions to each selection-intimate and brilliantly provocative throughout-serve as an extended treatise, collectively forming the backbone of the trilogy. He uncovers new stories in the American essay’s past, and shows us that some of the most fiercely daring writers in the American literary canon have turned to the essay in order to produce our culture’s most exhilarating art.”The Making of the American Essay” offers the essay at its most varied, unique, and imaginative best, proving that the impulse to make essays in America is as old and as original as the nation itself.

Series: New History of the Essay
ISBN: 9781555977344
Weight: 1179g
Dimension: 226mm X 152mm
Pages: 656

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Weight 1179 g
Dimensions 226 × 152 mm