A Ved Mehta Reader – The Craft of the Essay - Hardcover

Mehta, Ved

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300071892 ISBN 13: 9780300071894

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This reader begins with an introduction on the craft of the essay which explores the history and diverse purposes of the form, and the struggle of learning to write in it. Eight essays on a range of subjects follow, demonstrating the wide range of possibilities available to the writer today.

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About the Author

Ved Mehta is currently a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford. He was a staff writer on The New Yorker from 1961 to 1994 and has taught literature and history at half a dozen colleges and universities, including Williams, Vassar, and Yale. He is the author of an autobiographical series of books with the omnibus title Continents of Exile, of which the eighth book, Remembering Mr. Shawn's New Yorker, has just been published. Among his other books are Portrait of India, Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles, and Rajiv Gandhi and Rama's Kingdom, all obtainable from Yale University Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300071892
• ISBN 13: 9780300071894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 404