Included in the collection are essays by George Orwell, W.
At the same time, its carefully selected essays--each one superbly written and accessible--are well suited to study and discussion..
The introduction discusses the history of the essay form and the reasons for its special vitality The Eloquent Essay engages the intellect and the passions, and offers the general reader the pleasures of cogent written discourse.
Arranged in chronological order, each selection begins with a note about the author and the essay that follows.
Causey, Carl Sagan, Ellen Ullman, and Opal Palmer Adisa.
Stone, Pico Iyer, Amy Tan, Lewis Thomas, Barbara Kingsolver, Ann S.
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Auden, Bruno Bettelheim, Eudora Welty, Martin Luther King Jr., Joan Didion, Edward Abbey, Leo Marx, I.
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Included in the collection are essays by George Orwell, W
