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Making of the American Essay by John D'Agata (2016, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherGraywolf Press

ISBN-101555977340

ISBN-139781555977344

eBay Product ID (ePID)211788766

Product Key Features

Book TitleMaking of the American Essay

Number of Pages656 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAmerican / General, Essays

Publication Year2016

GenreLiterary Collections

AuthorJohn D'agata

Book SeriesA New History of the Essay Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height2 in

Item Weight44.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

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ReviewsPraise for the series "A genuinely exhilarating work of literary history." - Booklist "The next few years will likely see no anthology of writing, in whatever genre, as compellingly readable and as richly worthwhile as this one." - Ploughshares "One of the most significant anthologies published in years." - The Believer

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal814

SynopsisFor two decades, essayist John D'Agata has been exploring the contours of the essay through a series of innovative, informative, and expansive anthologies that have become foundational texts in the study of the genre. The breakthrough first volume, The Next American Essay, highlighted major work from 1974 to 2003, while the second, The Lost Origins of the Essay, showcased the essay's ancient and international forebears. Now, with The Making of the American Essay, D'Agata concludes his monumental tour of this inexhaustible form, with selections ranging from Anne Bradstreet's secular prayers to Washington Irving's satires, Emily Dickinson's love letters to Kenneth Goldsmith's catalogues, Gertrude Stein's portraits to James Baldwin's and Norman Mailer's meditations on boxing. Across the anthologies, D'Agata's introductions to each selection-intimate and brilliantly provocative throughout-serve as an extended treatise, collectively forming the backbone of the trilogy. He uncovers new stories in the American essay's past, and shows us that some of the most fiercely daring writers in the American literary canon have turned to the essay in order to produce our culture's most exhilarating art. The Making of the American Essay offers the essay at its most varied, unique, and imaginative best, proving that the impulse to make essays in America is as old and as original as the nation itself.

LC Classification NumberPS682.M25 2016