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001 2012464883
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050 00 $aPS428$b.S78 2011
100 1 $aStuckey-French, Ned.
245 14 $aThe American essay in the American century /$cNed Stuckey-French.
260 $aColumbia, Mo. :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$cc2011.
300 $axiv, 256 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"With extensive research and a cultural context, Stuckey-French describes the many reasons essays grew in appeal and importance for Americans. He also explores the rise of E.B. White, considered by many the greatest American essayist of the first half of the twentieth century.... This book is one of the first to consider and reflect on the contributions of E.B. White to the personal essay tradition and American culture more generally."--Dust jacket.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-246) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : defending the essay -- The genteel essay and the gentleman at the fireside -- The "death" of the essay -- The essay in the Progressive Era -- New York, New York : the arrival of the colyumnists -- Starting out at the New Yorker -- Leaving the New Yorker -- Epilogue : "once more to the lake," history, and freshman composition.
520 $a"With extensive research and a cultural context, Stuckey-French describes the many reasons essays grew in appeal and importance for Americans. He also explores the rise of E.B. White, considered by many the greatest American essayist of the first half of the twentieth century... This book is one of the first to consider and reflect on the contributions of E.B. White to the personal essay tradition and American culture more generally"--Book jacket.
650 0 $aAmerican essays$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century.
650 0 $aAmerican prose literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican prose literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
630 00 $aNew Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
600 10 $aWhite, E. B.$q(Elwyn Brooks),$d1899-1985.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1306/2012464883-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1306/2012464883-d.html