Essays of E.B. White - Softcover

Diyanni, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072434279 ISBN 13: 9780072434279

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2000

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"The abiding spirit of these essays is humane, compassionate, traditionalistic. No matter what his subject, White always keeps his eye on the long view and the larger perspective. There are times when I feel his work is as much a national resource as the Liberty Bell, a call to the best and noblest in us." -- Jonathan Yardley, "San Francisco Examiner""Some of the finest examples of contemporary, genuinely American prose. White's style incorporates eloquence without affection, profundity without pomposity, and wit without frivolity or hostility. Like his predecessors Thoreau and Twain, White's creative, humane, and graceful perceptions are an education for the sensibilities." --" Washington Post""His voice rumbles with authority through sentences of surpassing grace. In his more than fifty years at "The New Yorker, " White set a standard of writerly craft for that supremely well-wrought magazine. In genial, perfectly poised essay after essay, he has wielded the English language with as much clarity and control as any American of his time." -- Baymond Sokolov, "Newsweek"

"Some of the finest examples of contemporary, genuinely American prose."--Washington Post

Some of the finest examples of contemporary, genuinely American prose. --Washington Post"

-Some of the finest examples of contemporary, genuinely American prose.---Washington Post

About the Author:

Robert DiYanni is Professor of English at Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, where he teaches courses in literature, writing, and humanities. He has also taught at Queens College of the City University of New York, at New York University in the Graduate Rhetoric Program, and most recently in the Expository Writing Program at Harvard University. He received his B.A. from Rutgers University (1968) and his Ph.D. from the City University of New York (1976). Robert DiYanni has written articles and reviews on various aspects of literature, composition, and pedagogy. His books include Literature: Reading, Fiction, Poetry, Drama and the Essay; The McGraw-Hill Book of Poetry; Womens Voices; Like Seasond Timber: New Essays on George Herbert; and Modern American Poets: Their Voices and Visions (a text to accompany the Annenberg-funded telecourse, Voices and Visions). With Kraft Rompf, he edited The McGraw-Hill Book of Poetry, (1993) and The McGraw-Hill Book of Fiction (1995). With Pat Hoy, he edited Encounters: Readings for Inquiry and Argument (1997).

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0072434279
• ISBN 13: 9780072434279
• Binding: Paperback