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10 Great American Essays Chosen by Brander Matthews (Illustrated)
10 Great American Essays Chosen by Brander Matthews (Illustrated)
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10 Great American Essays
It is to present typical and characteristic examples of the American contribution to English literature in the essay-form that this volume has been prepared. Perhaps the term "essay-form" is not happily chosen since the charm of the essay lies in the fact that it is not formal, that it may be whimsical in its point of departure, and capricious in its ramblings after it has got itself under way.
Chapters include:
The Ephemera: an Emblem of Human Life Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).
The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).
Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).
The Mutability of Literature Washington Irving (1783-1859).
Uses of Great Men Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).
Buds and Bird-voices Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864).
The Philosophy of Composition Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).
Bread and the Newspaper Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894).
Walking Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).
Preface To "Leaves of Grass" Walt Whitman (1819-1892).
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It is to present typical and characteristic examples of the American contribution to English literature in the essay-form that this volume has been prepared. Perhaps the term "essay-form" is not happily chosen since the charm of the essay lies in the fact that it is not formal, that it may be whimsical in its point of departure, and capricious in its ramblings after it has got itself under way.
Chapters include:
The Ephemera: an Emblem of Human Life Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).
The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).
Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).
The Mutability of Literature Washington Irving (1783-1859).
Uses of Great Men Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).
Buds and Bird-voices Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864).
The Philosophy of Composition Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).
Bread and the Newspaper Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894).
Walking Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).
Preface To "Leaves of Grass" Walt Whitman (1819-1892).
Hyperlinked Chapters
Beautifully Illustrated
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