The Oxford Book of Essays
The Oxford Book of Essays
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Summary
These 140 essays by 120 writers ponder the important human questions but also consider the more trivial, mundane and amusing aspects of existence. The collection, which includes a significant number of American writers, opens with Francis Bacon and closes with Clive James.
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The Oxford Book of Essays by John Gross
This collection includes 140 essays by 120 writers: classics, curiosities, meditations, diversions, old favourites, recent examples that deserve to be better known. A particular feature of the book is the amount of space allotted to American essayists, from Benjamin Franklin to John Updike and beyond. This is an anthology that opens with wise words about the nature of truth and closes with a consideration of the novels of Judith Krantz. Some of the other topics discussed in its pages are anger, pleasure, Gandhi, Beau Brummell, wasps, party-going, gangsters, plumbers, Beethoven, potato crisps, the importance of being the right size, and the demolition of Westminster Abbey. It contains some of the most eloquent writing in English, and some of the most entertaining.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780192141859 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192141856 |
| Title | The Oxford Book of Essays |
| Author | John Gross |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 703 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |