The Oxford Book of American Essays : Walking, Americanism in Literature, Our March to Washington, I Talk of Dreams, Colonialism in USA…

The Oxford Book of American Essays emerges as a seminal collection that captures the breadth and evolution of American thought through an array of essays spanning diverse literary styles and themes. This anthology assembles a rich tapestry of reflective narratives, philosophical discourses, and explorative prose from an array of pioneering writers. With essays that explore the intricacies of nature, society, and individualism, the book offers pieces of remarkable depth and insight, embodying the evolution of the American essay. The collection successfully highlights the dynamic range and influence of American intellectual perspectives from the Enlightenment through the early twentieth century. The contributors to this anthology include iconic figures such as Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Benjamin Franklin, whose works individually and collectively echo the currents of American transcendentalism, romanticism, and realism. These authors, part of pivotal historical and cultural movements, bring their distinct voices to the anthology, offering glimpses into the zeitgeist of their respective times. The essays, through their varied and impactful narratives, reflect the convergence of ideas and philosophies that have shaped American identity and thought, making the collection a rich confluence of cultural and literary heritage. The Oxford Book of American Essays is a must-read for those seeking to immerse themselves in the complex web of American intellectual traditions. It offers readers an unparalleled opportunity to explore the myriad perspectives that have defined the country'Äôs literary landscape. Through its incisive essays, the book fosters an enriching dialogue across time and thought, making it an indispensable resource for discerning readers and scholars alike. Its educative potential lies in the rich diversity of its content, which invites readers to reflect and engage with the multifaceted nature of American literature and philosophy.

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The Oxford Book of American Essays : Walking, Americanism in Literature, Our March to Washington, I Talk of Dreams, Colonialism in USA…

The Oxford Book of American Essays emerges as a seminal collection that captures the breadth and evolution of American thought through an array of essays spanning diverse literary styles and themes. This anthology assembles a rich tapestry of reflective narratives, philosophical discourses, and explorative prose from an array of pioneering writers. With essays that explore the intricacies of nature, society, and individualism, the book offers pieces of remarkable depth and insight, embodying the evolution of the American essay. The collection successfully highlights the dynamic range and influence of American intellectual perspectives from the Enlightenment through the early twentieth century. The contributors to this anthology include iconic figures such as Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Benjamin Franklin, whose works individually and collectively echo the currents of American transcendentalism, romanticism, and realism. These authors, part of pivotal historical and cultural movements, bring their distinct voices to the anthology, offering glimpses into the zeitgeist of their respective times. The essays, through their varied and impactful narratives, reflect the convergence of ideas and philosophies that have shaped American identity and thought, making the collection a rich confluence of cultural and literary heritage. The Oxford Book of American Essays is a must-read for those seeking to immerse themselves in the complex web of American intellectual traditions. It offers readers an unparalleled opportunity to explore the myriad perspectives that have defined the country'Äôs literary landscape. Through its incisive essays, the book fosters an enriching dialogue across time and thought, making it an indispensable resource for discerning readers and scholars alike. Its educative potential lies in the rich diversity of its content, which invites readers to reflect and engage with the multifaceted nature of American literature and philosophy.

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    Walt Whitman

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  2. 101 Great American Poems : To My Dear and Loving Husband, The Planting of the Apple-Tree, Concord Hymn, The Arrow and the Song, Alone, Annabel Lee and others

    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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  3. The Wound Dresser

    Walt Whitman

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  4. The Oxford Book of American Essays

    Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Francis Hopkinson, Washington Irving, Richard Henry Dana, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry James, Henry David Thoreau, William Peterfield Trent

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  5. Perfect Love, Emotional Romance: A Heartwarming Collection of 100 Classic Poems and Letters for the Lovers (Valentine's Day 2019 Edition)

    William Shakespeare, Christina Rossetti, Walt Whitman, Golden Deer Classics, Lord Byron, John Donne, Kahlil Gibran, Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred Tennyson, Edgar Allan Poe, John Keats, Andrew Marvell, Rabindranath Tagore, Elizabeth B. Browning, Ella W. Wilcox, Sara Teasdale, George Etherege, Michael Drayton, Samuel T. Coleridge, Robert Burns, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Patience Worth, Christopher John Brennan, Oscar Wilde, C., unknown, William Morris, John Clare, Thomas Moore, Robert Louis Stevenson, Anne Bradstreet, John B. O'Reilly, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Leigh Hunt, Dante G. Rossetti, Sir Walter Scott, John Wilmot, Robert Herrick, Ludwig van Bethoveen, Emma Darwin, Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, Honoré de Balzac, Napoleon Bonaparte, Voltaire, Henry VIII, Leo Tolstoy, Gustave Flaubert, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jack London, Johann Von Goethe, James Joyce, Abigail Adams, Sullivan Ballou, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Pietro Bembo, Charlotte Brontë, Lewis Carroll, Catherine Of Aragon, Mark Twain, John Constable, Oliver Cromwell, Ninon De L'Enclos, Alfred de Musset, Zelda Fitzgerald, Mary Wollstonecraft, Heloise, Count Gabriel De Mirbeau, Lyman Hodge, King Henry IV, Franz Liszt, Katherine Mansfield, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thomas Otway, Ovid, Robert Schumann, Vincent van Gogh, Tsarina Alexandra, Laura Lyttleton

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  6. Harvard Classics Volume 42 : English Poetry 3: Tennyson To Whitman

    Lord, Golden Deer Classics, Richard Monckton Milnes, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Kingsley, J. Wilson, Robert Browning, Emily Brontë, Robert Stephen Hawker, Coventry Patmore, William (Johnson) Cory, Sydney Dobell, William Allingham, George MacDonald, Earl of, Arthur Hugh Clough, Matthew Arnold, George Meredith, Alexander Smith, Charles Dickens, Thomas Edward Brown, James Thomson V.), Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Georgina Rossetti, William Morris, John Boyle O'Reilly, Arthur William O'Shaughnessy, Robert Williams Buchanan, Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Sidney Lanier, Bret Harte, Walt Whitman

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  7. Fireside Christmas Stories :

    Walt Whitman

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  8. The Wit and Humor of America (Vol. 1-10) : Comedy Anthology: Funny Stories, Poems, Humorous Articles, Fables & Fairy Tales

    O.Henry, Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Bret Harte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Everett Hale, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Kendrick Bangs, William Dean Howells, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Henry Ward Beecher, John G. Saxe, James Russell Lowell, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Robert W. Chambers, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Wallace Irwin, Eugene Field, Anne Virginia Culbertson, John Paul, Lloyd Osbourne, James Montgomery Flagg, Bill Nye, Robert J. Burdette, Wilbur D. Nesbit, Gelett Burgess, James Whitcomb Riley, Frank L. Stanton, Bayard Taylor, Artemus Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Ward, Charles Dudley Warner, Carolyn Wells, Owen Wister

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  9. Canto a mí mismo

    Walt Whitman

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  10. Sangen om mig selv

    Walt Whitman

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  11. The Complete Works of Walt Whitman : Enriched edition. Exploring the Essence of American Spirit through Poetry and Prose

    Walt Whitman

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