The golden age of the American essay : 1945-1970 / edited and with an introduction by Phillip Lopate.
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- ISBN: 9780525567332
- ISBN: 052556733X
- Physical Description: xxiii, 519 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.
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General Note: | "An Anchor Books original"--Title page verso. |
Summary, etc.: | "A one-of-a-kind anthology of American essays on a wide range of subjects by a dazzling array of mid-century writers at the top of their form."--penguinrandomhouse.com. |
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Subject: | American essays > 20th century. |
Genre: | Essays. |
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Author Notes
The Golden Age of the American Essay : 1945-1970
PHILLIP LOPATE is the author of To Show and to Tell- The Craft of Literary Nonfiction and of four essay collections, Bachelorhood , Against Joie de Vivre , Portrait of My Body , and Portrait Inside My Head. He is the editor of the anthologies The Art of the Personal Essay, Writing New York, and American Movie Critics . He was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a New York Public Library Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts grants, and two New York Foundation for the Arts grants. He is professor of writing at Columbia University's nonfiction MFA program, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.