TY - BOOK ID - 77887942 TI - American essay in the American century PY - 2011 SN - 0826272541 9780826272546 9780826219251 082621925X PB - Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, DB - UniCat KW - American prose literature KW - Authors, American KW - American essays KW - American literature KW - American authors KW - History and criticism. KW - White, E. B. KW - New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925) KW - New Yorker magazine KW - American essays. KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Authors [American ] KW - 19th century KW - White, Elwyn Brooks KW - Essayists [American ] KW - New Yorker : (New York, N.Y. : 1925-) KW - White, Elwyn Brooks, KW - ホワイト, E. B., KW - Wāyt, Ī. Bī., KW - وايت، اى. بى. KW - Vāyt, Ī. Bī., UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77887942 AB - "With extensive research and a cultural context, Stuckey-French describes the many reasons essays grew in appeal and importance for Americans. He also explores the rise of E.B. White, considered by many the greatest American essayist of the first half of the twentieth century... This book is one of the first to consider and reflect on the contributions of E.B. White to the personal essay tradition and American culture more generally"--Book jacket. ER -