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The Norton Book of Personal Essays
The Norton Book of Personal Essays
Author: Joseph Epstein (Editor)
The appeal of personal essays stems in part from their directness, their "shameless subjectivity." As the editor of the American Scholar and the author of five collections of essays, Epstein is eminently qualified to select and introduce 53 personal essays written in English by well-known authors during the past century. They were chos...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393036541
ISBN-10: 0393036545
Publication Date: 3/1997
Pages: 477
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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Some real gems in here, including works by famous authors that have not already been anthologized to death. I'm greatly enjoying working my way through the book. My only complaint: The editor should have indicated along with each essay when it was originally published. That would help to ground an essay in the cultural references of a specific time period.


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