{"product_id":"2940016020112","title":"10 Great American Essays Chosen by Brander Matthews (Illustrated)","description":"10 Great American Essays \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ephemera: an Emblem of Human Life  Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Whistle  Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDialogue Between Franklin and the Gout  Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mutability of Literature  Washington Irving (1783-1859).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUses of Great Men  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuds and Bird-voices  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Philosophy of Composition Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBread and the Newspaper Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalking  Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface To \"Leaves of Grass\"   Walt Whitman (1819-1892).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHyperlinked Chapters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully Illustrated","brand":"Joanne Panettieri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081122365680,"sku":"2940016020112","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016020112_p0.jpg?v=1763627698","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016020112","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}