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This Companion, written by a diverse group of scholars for an audience of students and professors, considers the history, theory, and aesthetics of the essay form from the sixteenth century to the present.

Table of Contents
Part I. Forms of the Essay: 1. Remembering the essay Jeff Dolven; 2. The personal essay Merve Emre; 3. The critical essay Frances Ferguson; 4. The nature essay Daegan Miller; 5. The essay in theory Kara Wittman; Part II. The Work of the Essay: 6. Essay and experiment Julianne Werlin; 7. Essay, enlightenment, revolution Anahid Nersessian; 8. The essay, abolition, and racial blackness Jesse McCarthy; 9. The Utopian essay Ignacio M. Sánchez-Prado; 10. Ethics and the essay David Russell; 11. Essay and empire Saikat Majumdar; 12. Unqueering the essay Grace Lavery; Part III. Technologies of the Essay: 13. The essay and the novel Jason Childs; 14. Lyric, essay Claire Grossman, Juliana Spahr, and Stephanie Young; 15. The photograph as essay Kevin Adonis Browne; 16. The essay film Nora M. Alter; 17. The essay online Jane Hu.

The Cambridge Companion to The Essay

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 11 March 2022
      ISBN-13 9781009011143
      978-1009011143
      ISBN-10 1009011146
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: fiction Literary theory Ethnic groups and multicultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This Companion, written by a diverse group of scholars for an audience of students and professors, considers the history, theory, and aesthetics of the essay form from the sixteenth century to the present.

      Table of Contents
      Part I. Forms of the Essay: 1. Remembering the essay Jeff Dolven; 2. The personal essay Merve Emre; 3. The critical essay Frances Ferguson; 4. The nature essay Daegan Miller; 5. The essay in theory Kara Wittman; Part II. The Work of the Essay: 6. Essay and experiment Julianne Werlin; 7. Essay, enlightenment, revolution Anahid Nersessian; 8. The essay, abolition, and racial blackness Jesse McCarthy; 9. The Utopian essay Ignacio M. Sánchez-Prado; 10. Ethics and the essay David Russell; 11. Essay and empire Saikat Majumdar; 12. Unqueering the essay Grace Lavery; Part III. Technologies of the Essay: 13. The essay and the novel Jason Childs; 14. Lyric, essay Claire Grossman, Juliana Spahr, and Stephanie Young; 15. The photograph as essay Kevin Adonis Browne; 16. The essay film Nora M. Alter; 17. The essay online Jane Hu.

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