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A Year and a Day - An Experiment in Essays by Phillip Lopate
Category: Anthologies
A compelling celebration of the power of the essay, this collection of 47 writings offers a glimpse into the mind of a modern-day Montaigne as he reflects on the miscellany of daily life-movies and art, friends and family-over the course of a single year. The essay is the most pluckily pedestrian and b ...Show more
Against Joie de Vivre - Personal Essays by Phillip Lopate (Introduction by)
Category: Reference
"Over the years I have developed a distaste for the spectacle of joie de vivre, the knack of knowing how to live," begins the title essay by Phillip Lopate. This rejoinder to the cult of hedonism and forced conviviality moves from a critique of the false sentimentalization of children and the elderly to ...Show more
The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present by Phillip Lopate
Category: Culture
Bringing together many great reflections on the human condition and the peculiarities of daily life, a unique collection of more than seventy-five essays ranges from classical predecessors of the genre up to today's finest writers. Reprint.
The Golden Age of the American Essay - 1945-1970 by Phillip Lopate
Category: Languages and Reference
A one-of-a-kind anthology of American essays on a wide range of subjects by a dazzling array of mid-century writers at the top of their form. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL. The three decades that followed World War II were an exceptionally fertile period for American essays. The explosion of journals and magaz ...Show more
To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction by Phillip Lopate (Columbia University)
Category: Reference
A long-awaited new book on personal writing from Phillip Lopate–celebrated essayist, the director of Columbia University’s nonfiction program, and editor of The Art of the Personal Essay. Distinguished author Phillip Lopate, editor of t
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