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The Oxford Book of Essays (Oxford Books of Prose & Verse) by John Gross

The essay is one of the richest of literary forms. All these qualities, and many others, are on display in The Oxford Book of Essays. The most wide-ranging collection of its kind to appear for many years, it includes 140 essays by 120 writers: classics, curiosities.

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EAN	9780199556557
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ISBN	9780199556557
Item Length	19.3 cm
Publication Year	2008
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Book Title	The Oxford Book of Essays
Item Height	198mm
Author	John Gross
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Topic	Literary Theory
Item Width	129mm
Item Weight	495g
Number of Pages	704 Pages

The essay is one of the richest of literary forms. Its most obvious characteristics are freedom, informality, and the personal touch - though it can also find room for poetry, satire, fantasy, and sustained argument. All these qualities, and many others, are on display in The Oxford Book of Essays. The most wide-ranging collection of its kind to appear for many years, it includes 140 essays by 120 writers: classics, curiosities,meditations, diversions, old favourites, recent examples that deserve to be better known. A particularly welcome feature is the amount of space allotted to American essayists, from Benjamin Franklin to John Updikeand beyond. This is an anthology that opens with wise words about the nature of truth, and closes with a consideration of the novels of Judith Krantz. Some of the other topics discussed in its pages are anger, pleasure, Gandhi, Beau Brummell, wasps, party-going, gangsters, plumbers, Beethoven, potato crisps, the importance of being the right size, and the demolition of Westminster Abbey. It contains some of the most eloquent writing in English, and some of the mostentertaining.