Modern American Prose Fifteen writers Author:John Clifford, Robert DiYanni Modern American Prose, includes four essays each of fifteen major American essayists and one essay by each of fifteen important American writers,allowing students to see the range of a writer's work and the creative nature of the essay. Excellent rhetorical apparatus (introductions and questions) provides a means more analytical and evaluati... more »ve reading. The broad collection of writers and works gives students an introduction to the nature and power of the essay as a genre,plus a better sense of writers' individual and varied voices.« less