The Cambridge Companion to the Essay

Book Overview

The Cambridge Companion to the Essay considers the history, theory, and aesthetics of the essay from the moment it's named in the late sixteenth century to the present. What is an essay? What can the essay do or think or reveal or know that other literary forms cannot? What makes a piece of writing essayistic? How can essays bring about change? Over the course of seventeen chapters by a diverse group of scholars, The Companion reads the essay in relation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009011146
• ISBN13: 9781009011143
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"