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English Essays

English Essays

H. Lobban, J.

Paperback

Grammar & StyleFiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353609143
ISBN13: 9789353609146
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 25 2019
Pages: 324
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What makes an essay endure: wit, clarity, and a mind at work on the page. Prose at its most alive. J. H. Lobban's English Essays gathers a classic essay anthology shaped for readers who want to hear English thinking in its natural voice. As a literary essays collection, it offers carefully chosen English prose selections that highlight argument, observation, and the pleasures of well-made sentences, with an eye to English literature criticism as well as the art itself. Read for the sheer company of classic English essayists, or for the craft: prose style and rhetoric, the turn of a paragraph, the pressure of a conclusion. It also stands as a useful student essay reference for writing and composition, the kind of book that has long anchored college English readers by putting exemplary prose within reach. Rooted in 19th century Britain, these Victorian era essays reflect a culture that prized judgement, taste, and moral imagination, and they show how British literary criticism helped define what good writing meant in an age when English studies were taking modern shape. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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