Overview

The Encyclopedia of the Essay is the first reference work entirely devoted to the essay as a genre, reflecting the explosion of academic interest in this field. Coverage begins with Montaigne, the first essayist, and stretches forward to Addison and Steele, The Spectator and The Tatler , Marivaux, William Hazlitt, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Robert Musil, Theodor Adorno, Nouvelle Revue Fran?aise, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, and across the ocean to Emerson and Thoreau, E.B. White, The New Yorker and Harper's , James Baldwin, Susan Sontag, Joan Didion, while also looking back to classical and medieval precursors. Over 400 writers from around the world are included, along with geographical surveys providing historical frameworks, entries on kinds of essays, and entries on important single essays. Entries on closely related genres such as letters, journals, treatises, sermons, and reviews expand and explore the fluid boundaries of the essay.

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Author:   Tracy Chevalier
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 6.70cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   3.084kg
ISBN:  

9781884964305

ISBN 10:   1884964303
Pages:   1024
Publication Date:   01 November 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A; Chapter 2 B; Chapter 3 C; Chapter 4 D; Chapter 5 E; Chapter 6 F; Chapter 7 G; Chapter 8 H; Chapter 9 I; Chapter 10 J; Chapter 11 K; Chapter 12 L; Chapter 13a M; Chapter 14 N; Chapter 15 O; Chapter 16 P; Chapter 17 Q; Chapter 18 R; Chapter 20 T; Chapter 21 U; Chapter 22 V; Chapter 23 W; Chapter 24 Y; Chapter 25 Z;

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Scholars and students will find this resource a most useful and welcome addition to academic library collections. -- Booklist/RBB This is the first encyclopedia devoted entirely to the essay in all its many forms...This is an excellent scholarly book that belongs in any library that supports belles-lettres. -- Library Journal Indispensable; highly recommended for general and academic readers, all levels. -- Choice A substantive reference, this work is highly recommended for all collections with a serious interest in literature. -- American Reference Books Annual All collegiate and research collections, or indeed any institution interested in developing a quality reference collection on literature, should acquire and publicize this volume. -- Reference & User Services Quarterly Must be regarded as the last work on essayists and their works... an impressive volume of which the editor, the contributors and the publishers may be justly proud. -- Reference Reviews

This is an excellent scholarly book that belongs in any library that supports belles-lettres. - Library Journal Sui generis in its treatment of the essay and of its practitioners, the encyclopedia's analytical articles enrich a reference literature already well populated with works on novelists, playwrights, poets, and short story writers. - Rettig on Reference The entries are rich with information, replete with insight, and effectively written by the 275 contributors. Indispensable; highly recommended for general and academic readers [of] all levels. - Choice . . . the essay is finally given its due recognition here. . . . Scholars and students will find this resource a most useful and welcome addition to academic library collections. - American Reference Books Annual ...a significant genre present in the repertories of most substantial writers, the essay is finally given its due recognition here ... Scholars and students will find this resource a most useful and welcome addition to academic library collections. - Booklist This was an enormously ambitious undertaking, involving 280 contributors responsible for 516 entries. It also appears, on first use, to be enormously successful. - Nineteenth Century Literature A careful perusal of the volume reveals that the editorial control has been admirable, and this goes for the coverage as well ... Tracy Chevalier is to be congratulated on the planning of this volume. The articles are substantial and informative ... It all amounts to an impressive volume of which the editor, the contributors and the publishers may be justly proud. - Reference Reviews ... all collegiate and research collections, or indeed any institution interested in developing a quality reference collection on literature, should acquire and publicize this volume. - Reference and User Services Quarterly

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