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E. B. White : the essayist as first-class writer
- Title
- E. B. White : the essayist as first-class writer / G. Douglas Atkins.
- Author
- Atkins, G. Douglas (George Douglas), 1943-
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 12-2795 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 172 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This is the first book-length critical study of E. B. White, the American essayist and author of Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, and coauthor of The Elements of Style. G. Douglas Atkins focuses on White and "the writing life", offering fresh, detailed readings of the major essays and revealing White's distinctiveness as an essayist due to his capacity for story-telling and his use of literary devices"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Coming into White country -- E. B. White and the writing life : affirming life's newness and joy -- Of nature, Maine, and meaning : or, "The pageantry of peas" and the poetics of adversity -- Strange bedfellows and deconstruction of oppositions : the "Recording Secretary" speaks his mind on politics -- Postscript : looking for E.B. White -- Appendix : reading "Once more to the lake."
- Call Number
- JFD 12-2795
- ISBN
- 9780230340664 (hardback)
- 0230340660 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2011034393
- OCLC
- YBP 2011034393
- Author
- Atkins, G. Douglas (George Douglas), 1943-
- Title
- E. B. White : the essayist as first-class writer / G. Douglas Atkins.
- Imprint
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-2795