The Great Age of the English Essay by Denise Gigante

The Great Age of the English Essay by Denise Gigante

From the pens of spectators, ramblers, idlers, tattlers, hypochondriacs, connoisseurs and loungers, a new literary genre emerged in eighteenth-century England: the periodical essay. This work features the consummate periodical essays of the period.

"This is a splendid projectNo other collection of its scope and variety exists."—James Engell, Harvard University

“This collection puts the reader into the warm, snug world of the periodical essay as it self-consciously develops over two centuries. I’m not sure when I’ve had so much pure reading pleasure.”—Cynthia Wall, University of Virginia

“Denise Gigante’s volume of the major English familiar essayists is the best available. She covers the entire range from Addison and Steele through the greatness of Dr. Johnson onto the high Romantics Hazlitt, Lamb, and de Quincey. This book will be widely and gratefully read.”—Harold Bloom

Denise Gigante is associate professor of English at Stanford University and the author of Taste: A Literary History, published by Yale University Press.

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ISBN 13	9780300141962
ISBN 10	0300141963
Title	The Great Age of the English Essay
Author	Denise Gigante
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2008-09-09
Number of pages	464
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