{"product_id":"the-collected-essays-of-elizabeth-elizabeth-hardwick-9781681371542","title":"The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first-ever collection of essays from across Elizabeth Hardwick's illustrious writing career, including works not seen in print for decades. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of 2017 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth Hardwick wrote during the golden age of the American literary essay. For Hardwick, the essay was an imaginative endeavor, a serious form, criticism worthy of the literature in question. In the essays collected here she covers civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s, describes places where she lived and locations she visited, and writes about the foundations of American literature--Melville, James, Wharton--and the changes in American fiction, though her reading is wide and international. She contemplates writers' lives--women writers, rebels, Americans abroad--and the literary afterlife of biographies, letters, and diaries. Selected and with an introduction by Darryl Pinckney, the Collected Essays gathers more than fifty essays for a fifty-year retrospective of Hardwick's work from 1953 to 2003. \"For Hardwick,\" writes Pinckney, \"the poetry and novels of America hold the nation's history.\" Here is an exhilarating chronicle of that history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Hardwick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681371545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681371542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2017 pg. 84","brand":"Elizabeth Hardwick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050741657855,"sku":"9781681371542","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7e22708-63d9-4a3b-ab0b-19e08e1f8b60.jpg?v=1685008971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-collected-essays-of-elizabeth-elizabeth-hardwick-9781681371542","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}