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Moving and unexpected, this first nonfiction offering by Robert Anthony Siegel is the literary equivalent of The Royal Tenenbaums Essays from this collection have won awards and been and prestigiously published, including: "Sean" in The Harvard Review, which won a Pushcart Prize;...

In this first book-length study of Ayn Rand's anti-utopia Anthem, essays explore the historical, literary, and philosophical themes presiding in this novella written in opposition to the totalitarianism of the Soviet Union (and Nazi Germany). Written in 1937, published in 1938 in Britain, and subsequently...

From a carcass competition in the Karoo to a shambolic murder trial in Cape Town, William Dicey’s essays freewheel across an open terrain of interests. Dicey is curious and inventive, weaving strands of essay, journalism, fiction and self-reportage into something uniquely his own. Mongrel investigates...

Although Neil M. Gunn is well-known as one of Scotland's foremost writers of the 20th century, he is less well-known as a perceptive and meditative essayist who wrote on a variety of. In this collection the focus is on landscape and the stimulus it provides for a journey of an enquiring mind from...

The Essays of Oscar Wilde contains six of Wilde's most famous essays. Heraklion Press has included a linked table of contents.

Essays of Travel By Robert Louis Stevenson, 1905 The amateur emigrant, from the Clyde to Sandy Hook -- Cockermouth and Keswick -- An autumn effect -- A winter's walk in Carrick and Galloway -- Forest . Robert Louis Stevenson, in full Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, (born November 13, 1850, Edinburgh,...

The Found Voice: Writers' Beginnings uses the means of literary biography and criticism to do something rarely attempted—to understand how a key creative period establishes the authoritative voice of a unique artist. The essays which explore this hidden process of the writer writing focus on some...

The first collection of nonfiction critical writings by one of the leading literary figures of post-apartheid South Africa The most significant nonfiction writings of Zoë Wicomb, one of South Africa’s leading authors and intellectuals, are collected here for the first time in a single volume....

This volume contains a collection of critical literary essays written by George Saintsbury. The writers dealt with in these criticisms include De Quincey, Sydney Smith, George Crabbe, and many more. This volume is recommended for students of English literature, and it will be of considerable utility...

"Essays on Life, Art and Science" by Samuel Butler is a collection of various essays and lectures giving us a peek into author's brilliant mind. Along with presenting his own theories, Butler also discusses those of other renowned scientists such as Darwin. An insightful comparative study on topics profoundly affecting the human race, this anthology will open your mind to new ideas. Enlightening!

*Fans of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian England, and history in general will all find interesting tidbits to carry away. * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle references many everyday Victorian activities and aspects that are lost on the twenty-first century reader. These short essays provide modern readers...

Compiled Essays: A Liberal Arts Education A compilation of many essays written while pursuing a B.A. in English at a small, Midwestern liberal arts college.

This Improve Your College Academic Essays ebook will guide you as you write your college academic essays. Each essay section walks you through the essay format with many examples. Each section breaks the the writing process into many small manageable parts. A peer assists you as the peer goes through...

With the goal of describing man with complete frankness and using himself as his most frequent example, Michel de Montaigne first published his “Essays” in 1580. This collection of 107 chapters encompasses a wide variety of subjects, originally inspired by his study of Latin classics, and later...