The Oxford Book of American Essays presents a rich tapestry of thought and creativity underpinned by the profound literary tradition of the American essay. This anthology curates a vibrant array of styles and themes, from transcendental musings on nature and human experience to incisive social critiques and reflections on the American spirit. It encompasses works of philosophical depth, narrative charm, and introspective beauty. Noteworthy pieces encapsulate the tensions and triumphs of a burgeoning nation, offering readers both a reflection of its past and a beacon for its future. The contributors, luminary figures in the American literary canon, collectively bring a wealth of insight and experience. Walt Whitman's pioneering free verse complements Edgar Allan Poe's gothic elegance, while the serene observations of Thoreau contrast with Theodore Roosevelt's robust prose. As diverse in approach as they are in sentiment, these authors collectively encapsulate the Romantic idealism, moral introspection, and innovative spirit that characterize American literature of the time. Their varied backgrounds underscore a shared endeavor to understand and articulate an evolving national identity against a backdrop of profound change. Engaging with The Oxford Book of American Essays invites readers to explore the multifaceted narrative of America through the eyes of its most eloquent observers. This collection provides an invaluable opportunity to traverse the intellectual landscapes that have shaped cultural and national discourses. It serves not only as an educational resource but as a launchpad for further dialogue and reflection on the enduring questions that define American thought and identity.
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Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, William Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln, Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Frances E. W. W Harper, Emily Dickinson, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Stephen Crane, James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Gertrude Stein, Vachel Lindsay, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Amy Lowell, James Oppenheim, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emma Lazarus, Louisa May Alcott, Ellis Parker Butler, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Matthew Arnold, William Butler Yeats, William Blake, Sara Teasdale, William Barnes
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Homer, Sun Tzu, Plato, Dante, Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jane Austen, Nikolai Gogol, Emily Brontë, Mary Shelley, Alexandre Dumas, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gustave Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, Henrik Ibsen, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, L. M. Montgomery, T. S. Eliot, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, C. S. Lewis, Ernest Hemingway, Walt Whitman, Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Kate Chopin, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Mitchell, Sylvia Plath, Thomas Mann, Albert Camus, George Orwell
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Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, Sigmund Freud, Charles Dickens, Plato, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, Louisa May Alcott, Victor Hugo, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jane Austen, Herman Melville, James Allen, George Eliot, Walter Scott, Thomas Hardy, Daniel Defoe, Agatha Christie, Upton Sinclair, Anthony Trollope, Marcel Proust, Charles Baudelaire, William Makepeace Thackeray, Theodore Dreiser, Voltaire, Frederick Douglass, John Keats, James Joyce, Kahlil Gibran, H. G. Wells, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, Marcus Aurelius, Hans Christian Andersen, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Miguel de Cervantes, Wallace D. Wattles, Brothers Grimm, Herman Hesse, Sun Tzu
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