Isbn: 9780385422987 - the art of the personal essay: an anthology from the classical era to the present (25 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. For more than four hundred years, the personal essay has been one of the richest and most vibrant of all literary forms. Distinguished from the detached formal essay by its friendly, conversational tone, its loose structure, and its drive toward candor and self-disclosure, the personal essay seizes on the minutiae of daily life-vanities, fashions, foibles, oddballs, seasonal rituals, love and disappointment, the pleasures of solitude, reading, taking a walk -- to offer insight into the human condition and the great social and political issues of the day. The Art of the Personal Essay is the first anthology to celebrate this fertile genre. By presenting more than seventy-five personal essays, including influential forerunners from ancient Greece, Rome, and the Far East, masterpieces from the dawn of the personal essay in the sixteenth century, and a wealth of the finest personal essays from the last four centuries, editor Phillip Lopate, himself an acclaimed essayist, displays the tradition of the personal essay in all its historical grandeur, depth, and diversity. …

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. For more than four hundred years, the personal essay has been one of the richest and most vibrant of all literary forms. Distinguished from the detached formal essay by its friendly, conversational tone, its loose structure, and its drive toward candor and self-disclosure, the personal essay seizes on the minutiae of daily life-vanities, fashions, foibles, oddballs, seasonal rituals, love and disappointment, the pleasures of solitude, reading, taking a walk -- to offer insight into the human condition and the great social and political issues of the day. The Art of the Personal Essay is the first anthology to celebrate this fertile genre. By presenting more than seventy-five personal essays, including influential forerunners from ancient Greece, Rome, and the Far East, masterpieces from the dawn of the personal essay in the sixteenth century, and a wealth of the finest personal essays from the last four centuries, editor Phillip Lopate, himself an acclaimed essayist, displays the tradition of the personal essay in all its historical grandeur, depth, and diversity. …

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

softcover. Zustand: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 777 pp., Selected & with an introduction by Phillip Lopate.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Stated first ed.; first printing according to printer's key; `777 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong unaged paper; binding firm; in absence of d.j. the white boards are smudged but with little edge wear other than bump on lower corner of front board. Includes essays by Seneca, Plutarch, Kenko, Ou-Yang Hsiu, Montaigne, Addison & Steele, Maria Edgeworth, Charles Lamb, William Hazlitt, R.L. Stevenson, Maria Edgeworth, G.K. Chesterton, Virginia Wolf, George Orwell, Turgenev, H.L. Mencken, Robert Benchley, E.B. White, James Baldwin, Borges, Gore Vidal, Joan Didion, Wendell Berry, and many others. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition, February 1994, 1st printing, trade paperback - a Teachers & Writers Collaborative book. 777pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "For more than four hundred years, the personal essay has been one of the richest and most vibrant of all literary forms. Distinguished from the detached formal essay by its friendly, conversational tone, its loose structure, and its drive toward candor and self-disclosure, the personal essay seizes on the minutiae of daily life--vanities, fashions, foibles, oddballs, seasonal rituals, love and disappointment, the pleasures of solitude, reading, taking a walk--to offer insight into the human condition and the great social and political issues of the day. THE ART OF THE PERSONAL ESSAY is the first anthology to celebrate this fertile genre. By presenting more than seventy-five personal essays, including influential forerunners from ancient Greece, Rome, and the Far East, masterpieces from the dawn of the personal essay in the sixteenth century, and a wealth of the finest personal essays from the last four centuries, editor Phillip Lopate, himself an acclaimed essayist, displays the tradition of the personal essay in all its historical grandeur, depth, and diversity." [publisher copy] "In the range of selections as well as in cultural and historical perspective, this is a groundbreaking volume. From now on it will be the Bible for the personal essay."--Max Apple. "Because Phillip Lopate is one of the best essayists and critics of the personal essay in America, what's exciting about his anthology is that we can see his standards here, and learn from them--the variety and quality of the writing he most values, the breadth of subject matter, the authority and humanity of his models. These are voices caught in the act of self-discovery, a unique chorus of speakers whose vulnerability and charm and enthusiasm make them familiar and knowable, even across the centuries. This will be a hugely valuable collection in and out of the classroom."--Rosellen Brown. "A labor of deeply felt love and keenly honed scholarship by an essay authority who knows his territory down to his bones."--Christian Science Monitor. From Seneca, Montaigne, Stevenson & Woolf, Orwell, Thoreau, Berry & Baldwin, Didion, Dillard, Hoagland & Benjamin, dozens more are here. Pristine paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. Quite presentable & hefty.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 777 pages. 9.50x6.75x2.00 inches. In Stock.