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E. B. White: The Essayist as First-Class Writer
G. Douglas Atkins
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Description for E. B. White: The Essayist as First-Class Writer
Hardcover. 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. G. Douglas Atkins focuses on White and the writing life, offering detailed readings of the major essays and revealing White's distinctiveness as an essayist. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 219 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
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 . G. Douglas Atkins focuses on White and the writing life, offering detailed readings of the major essays and revealing White's distinctiveness as an essayist.
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 . G. Douglas Atkins focuses on White and the writing life, offering detailed readings of the major essays and revealing White's distinctiveness as an essayist.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230340664
SKU
V9780230340664
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About G. Douglas Atkins
G. Douglas Atkins is a professor of English at the University of Kansas.
Reviews for E. B. White: The Essayist as First-Class Writer
'Atkins makes a case not only for the clarity and congeniality of E. B. White's writing, but for what is often overlooked, his complexity. White was not just an old curmudgeon messing about with rats and pigs and spiders on his Maine farm; he was a significant thinker who reflected many key perspectives of the twentieth century: the fear of ... Read more