Major Modern Essayists (2nd Edition)

Freshman Composition; Intermediate or Advanced Composition.

 

This essay reader provides in-depth introductions to fifteen of this century's most distinctive writers of nonfiction prose in the English language. The collection is arranged chronologically–from Virginia Woolf to Barry Lopez–and includes authors from the United States and Great Britain. A final section of essays offers a single selection by each of ten outstanding writers from around the world.