Twenty-Five Great Essays (Penguin Academics Series) - Softcover

DiYanni, Robert J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205535569 ISBN 13: 9780205535569

Publisher: Pearson, 2007

Synopsis

Twenty-Five Great Essaysprovides an outstanding collection of classic and contemporary writing as part of Longman's Penguin Academics Series of low-cost, high-quality offerings.

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From the Back Cover:

Twenty-Five Great Essays, Third Edition
Robert J. DiYanni

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Robert J. DiYanni’s Twenty-Five Great Essays features a collection of eminently teachable and rewarding essays for today's college composition courses, including authors ranging from William Hazlitt, Frederick Douglass, and E.B. White to Susan Sontag and Annie Dillard. Combining commonly taught, classic essays with the best of contemporary writing, Twenty-Five Great Essays provides flexible options for every composition classroom, with selections chosen both as models of good writing and as appropriate springboards for student writing. A brief introduction explains the essay form and offers instruction both on reading essays critically and on the process of writing effective essays.

About the Author:

Robert DiYanni is Director of International Services in the Advanced Placement Program at The College Board. Dr. DiYanni, who holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York, has taught English and Humanities at a variety of institutions, including NYU, CUNY, and Harvard. He has written and edited more than two dozen books, mostly for college students of writing, literature, and humanities.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0205535569
• ISBN 13: 9780205535569
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 224