{"product_id":"essayists-on-the-essay-carl-h-klaus-9781609380762","title":"Essayists on the Essay: Montaigne to Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first historically and internationally comprehensive collection of its kind, \u003ci\u003eEssayists on the Essay\u003c\/i\u003e is a path-breaking work that is nothing less than a richly varied sourcebook for anyone interested in the theory, practice, and art of the essay. This unique work includes a selection of fifty distinctive pieces by American, Canadian, English, European, and South American essayists from Montaigne to the present--many of which have not previously been anthologized or translated--as well as a detailed bibliographical and thematic guide to hundreds of additional works about the essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a buoyant introduction that provides a sweeping historical and analytic overview of essayists' thinking about their genre--a collective poetics of the essay--to the detailed headnotes offering pointed information about both the essayists themselves and the anthologized selections, to the richly detailed bibliographic sections, \u003ci\u003eEssayists on the Essay\u003c\/i\u003e is essential to anyone who cares about the form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection provides teachers, scholars, essayists, and readers with the materials they need to take a fresh look at this important but often overlooked form that has for too long been relegated to the role of service genre--used primarily to write about other more \"literary\" genres or to teach young people how to write. Here, in a single celebratory volume, are four centuries of commentary and theory reminding us of the essay's storied history, its international appeal, and its relationship not just with poetry and fiction but also with radio, film, video, and new media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl H. Klaus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609380762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609380762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 5.81w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2012","brand":"Carl H. Klaus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979355947263,"sku":"9781609380762","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa895f57-00cf-4e07-b475-d486e77b0b7c.jpg?v=1683245114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/essayists-on-the-essay-carl-h-klaus-9781609380762","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}