A Century Of English Essays An Anthology Ranging From Caxton To R. L. Stevenson & The Writers Of Our Own Time

By Ernest Rhys, Lloyd Vaughan, Lloyd Vaughan (Editor) Ernest Rhys (Editor), et al.

Book Overview

A century of voices, a century of ideas, gathered to illuminate how England thought, debated, and shaped its world. This is more than an anthology-it is a conversation across time, inviting readers to hear the manners, reforms, and inquiries that rippled from Caxton to later masters of prose. A Century Of English Essays collects a modern, accessible survey of classic english essays and a renaissance prose anthology in one compelling edition. The form itself-short, lucid, often provocative-offers a bridge from early modern England to the Edwardian essays collection, from social reform critiques to contemplations on language and literature, public morality and education. For students and scholars alike, it provides a yardstick for how essayists wrestled with culture, politics, and daily life; for casual readers, it serves as a vivid tour of a nation's intellect and heart. Historically significant and richly restorative, the volume preserves voices once out of print for decades, now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's readers and for future generations, it stands not merely as a reprint but as a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Whether you seek a classroom reading material that sharpens thinking or a british essayist anthology that deepens appreciation for Victorian England, early modern England, and the broader literary continuum, this book offers insight, beauty, and enduring relevance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354849164
• ISBN13: 9789354849169
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"