The Best American Essays - Softcover

Atwan, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439083878 ISBN 13: 9781439083871

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS, Sixth College Edition, presents highly regarded contemporary authors at their best. The essays are thematically arranged and selected from the popular trade series of the same name. They also cover common rhetorical modes, including narration and argumentation, providing instructors optimal flexibility with respect to course approach. In the introduction, Robert Atwan offers an overview of various types of essays to prepare students for the readings that follow. To further prepare students, "Essayists on the Essay" offers insightful commentaries about the genre from many of today's top writers.

About this title

About the Author:

Since the inception of THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS in 1986 as a trade book title, Robert Atwan has been series editor. He has published reviews and essays in a range of periodicals and edited many other literature anthologies. Atwan most recently edited two collections of poetry with a biblical theme: CHAPTERS INTO VERSE by Oxford University Press and DIVINE INSPIRATION by Oxford University Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439083878
• ISBN 13: 9781439083871
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 464