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001 2011034393
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008 110819s2012 nyu b 001 0deng
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020 $a9780230340664 (hardback)
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050 00 $aPS3545.H5187$bZ526 2012
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084 $aLIT004020$aSOC002010$aLIT006000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aAtkins, G. Douglas$q(George Douglas),$d1943-
245 10 $aE. B. White :$bthe essayist as first-class writer /$cG. Douglas Atkins.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2012.
300 $axvi, 172 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [156]-161) and index..
520 $a"This is the first book-length critical study of E. B. White, the American essayist and author of Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, and coauthor of The Elements of Style. G. Douglas Atkins focuses on White and "the writing life", offering fresh, detailed readings of the major essays and revealing White's distinctiveness as an essayist due to his capacity for story-telling and his use of literary devices"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Coming into White country -- E. B. White and the writing life : affirming life's newness and joy -- Of nature, Maine, and meaning : or, "The pageantry of peas" and the poetics of adversity -- Strange bedfellows and deconstruction of oppositions : the "Recording Secretary" speaks his mind on politics -- Postscript : looking for E.B. White -- Appendix : reading "Once more to the lake."
600 10 $aWhite, E. B.$q(Elwyn Brooks),$d1899-1985$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aAmerican essays$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aEssayists$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory$2bisacsh.