An edition of E. B. White
(2012)
E. B. White
the essayist as first-class writer
by G. Douglas Atkins
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"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"--
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History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, American Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Biography, American essays, Essayists, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural, White, e. b. (elwyn brooks), 1899-1985, American essays, 20th century, Authors, american, Authors, biography, American literature, history and criticism, 20th centuryPeople
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E. B. White: the essayist as first-class writer
2012, Palgrave Macmillan
in English
0230340660 9780230340664
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Table of Contents
Introduction
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."
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Includes bibliographical references.
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