English Essayists
With Biographical Sketches and Notes
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9780195619294
Publication date:
01/06/1997
Book
200 pages
216x140mm
Price: 255.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780195619294
Publication date:
01/06/1997
Book
200 pages
Edited By Susanta K. Sinha
The aim of this anthology is to introduce the reader to the essay, a popular and powerful form of prose literature, through the medium of relatively short but complete pieces by outstanding English writers from Bacon to the present day. It has been compiled and annotated for the benefit of those who intend to specialise in English literature at the graduate level. In selecting the essays their intrinsic interest has been taken into account. It is hoped they will, without exception, provide enjoyable reading. The notes are appropriate to the needs of advanced students. There are introductory notes on each author, giving in brief his literary achievement and the stylistic aspects of his prose. Care has been taken to explain difficult words, phrases and allusions.
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Edited By Susanta K. Sinha
Description
The aim of this anthology is to introduce the reader to the essay, a popular and powerful form of prose literature, through the medium of relatively short but complete pieces by outstanding English writers from Bacon to the present day. It has been compiled and annotated for the benefit of those who intend to specialise in English literature at the graduate level. In selecting the essays their intrinsic interest has been taken into account. It is hoped they will, without exception, provide enjoyable reading. The notes are appropriate to the needs of advanced students. There are introductory notes on each author, giving in brief his literary achievement and the stylistic aspects of his prose. Care has been taken to explain difficult words, phrases and allusions.
It is believed that students as well as the general reader will find this volume a useful introduction to the subject, the essay form of literature. The essays provide a varied fare which may be read with pleasure and profit.
About the editor
Susanta K. Sinha
Professor
Department of English
Banaras Hindu University
Edited By Susanta K. Sinha
Table of contents
Contents
-
Preface
-
Acknowledgements
-
Introductory Essay
A. C. Benson
-
The Art of the Essayist
Francis Bacon
-
Of Studies
-
Of Travel
-
Of Revenge
-
Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self
Joseph Addison
-
Sir Roger at Home
-
Sir Roger at Church
-
Meditations in Westminster Abbey
Richard Steele
-
Recollections of Childhood
-
The Spectator Club
Oliver Goldsmith
-
Beau Tibbs
-
On National Prejudices
-
A City Night-Piece
Charles Lamb
-
Dream-Children: A Reverie
-
Old China
-
The Two Races of Men
William Hazlitt
-
On Familiar Style
-
On the Feeling of Immortality in Youths
Robert Louis Stevenson
-
Walking Tours
-
A Plea for Gas Lamps
-
The Ideal House
E. V. Lucas
-
A Funeral
-
Third Thoughts
-
The Town Week
G. K. Chesterton
-
On the Pleasures of No Longer Being Very Young
-
The Worship of the Wealthy
-
A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls
A. G. Gardiner
-
‘W.G.’
-
On Superstitions
Hilaire Belloc
-
The Idea of a Pilgrimage
-
In Praise of Ignorance
Robert Lynd
-
The Money-Box
-
On Good Resolutions
-
On Holidays
E. M. Forster
-
Trooper Silas Tomkyn Comberbacke
-
My Wood
Aldous Huxley
-
Selected Snobberies
-
Pleasures
J. B. Priestley
-
First Snow
-
On Getting Off to Sleep
Edited By Susanta K. Sinha
Description
The aim of this anthology is to introduce the reader to the essay, a popular and powerful form of prose literature, through the medium of relatively short but complete pieces by outstanding English writers from Bacon to the present day. It has been compiled and annotated for the benefit of those who intend to specialise in English literature at the graduate level. In selecting the essays their intrinsic interest has been taken into account. It is hoped they will, without exception, provide enjoyable reading. The notes are appropriate to the needs of advanced students. There are introductory notes on each author, giving in brief his literary achievement and the stylistic aspects of his prose. Care has been taken to explain difficult words, phrases and allusions.
It is believed that students as well as the general reader will find this volume a useful introduction to the subject, the essay form of literature. The essays provide a varied fare which may be read with pleasure and profit.
About the editor
Susanta K. Sinha
Professor
Department of English
Banaras Hindu University
Table of contents
Contents
-
Preface
-
Acknowledgements
-
Introductory Essay
A. C. Benson
-
The Art of the Essayist
Francis Bacon
-
Of Studies
-
Of Travel
-
Of Revenge
-
Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self
Joseph Addison
-
Sir Roger at Home
-
Sir Roger at Church
-
Meditations in Westminster Abbey
Richard Steele
-
Recollections of Childhood
-
The Spectator Club
Oliver Goldsmith
-
Beau Tibbs
-
On National Prejudices
-
A City Night-Piece
Charles Lamb
-
Dream-Children: A Reverie
-
Old China
-
The Two Races of Men
William Hazlitt
-
On Familiar Style
-
On the Feeling of Immortality in Youths
Robert Louis Stevenson
-
Walking Tours
-
A Plea for Gas Lamps
-
The Ideal House
E. V. Lucas
-
A Funeral
-
Third Thoughts
-
The Town Week
G. K. Chesterton
-
On the Pleasures of No Longer Being Very Young
-
The Worship of the Wealthy
-
A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls
A. G. Gardiner
-
‘W.G.’
-
On Superstitions
Hilaire Belloc
-
The Idea of a Pilgrimage
-
In Praise of Ignorance
Robert Lynd
-
The Money-Box
-
On Good Resolutions
-
On Holidays
E. M. Forster
-
Trooper Silas Tomkyn Comberbacke
-
My Wood
Aldous Huxley
-
Selected Snobberies
-
Pleasures
J. B. Priestley
-
First Snow
-
On Getting Off to Sleep
Girish Karnad
Christopher Marlowe
Girish Karnad
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