Lost Origins of the Essay

Name: Lost Origins of the Essay
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ISBN: 9781555975326

ISBN-10: 1555975321

ISBN-13: 9781555975326

Edition: 2009

Authors: John D'Agata

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An expansive and exhilarating world tour of innovative nonfiction writingI think the reason we've never pinpointed the real beginning to this genre is because we've never agreed on what the genre even is. Do we read nonfiction in order to receive information, or do we read it to experience art? It's not very clear sometimes. This, then, is a book that tries to offer a clear objective: I am here in search of art. I am here to track the origins of an alternative to commerce. John D'Agata leaves no tablet unturned in his exploration of the roots of the essay. In this soaring anthology he takes the reader from ancient Mesopotamia to classical Greece and Rome, from fifth-century Japan to…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Publication date: 8/4/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 656
Size: 6.33" wide x 8.93" long x 2.07" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

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