One Hundred Great Essays
One Hundred Great Essays, edited by Robert DiYanni, is a wide-ranging anthology of classic and contemporary nonfiction.
This PDF edition gives you immediate access to an 868-page collection designed for college readers. Instant download is available after purchase.
Book Overview
This second edition brings together one hundred essays from a diverse range of writers. The book opens with a practical introduction to reading and writing essays, then presents selected works from authors such as Maya Angelou, Francis Bacon, James Baldwin, Dave Barry, Susan Brownmiller, and Charles Darwin.
Published by Pearson Higher Education as part of the Penguin Academics series, the collection supports students in composition, rhetoric, and humanities courses.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- An introductory section on the history, pleasures, and types of the essay.
- Guidance on reading essays, freewriting, keeping a double-column notebook, and writing summaries.
- One hundred essays arranged by author, from classic and modern voices.
- Examples of observing details, connecting details, making inferences, and arriving at an interpretation.
- A textbook structure suited to writing and literature classrooms.
Why This Book Matters
This anthology offers a compact survey of essay forms and styles across several centuries. It is useful for students, teachers, and general readers interested in the essay as a literary genre.
The second edition continues a widely adopted Penguin Academics title with cultural and academic value in composition studies.
Book Details
| Format | |
|---|---|
| File Size | 68.1 MB |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 868 |
| Author/Editor | Robert DiYanni |
| Publisher | Pearson Higher Education |
| Edition | 2nd Edition |
| Series | Penguin Academics |
| ISBN-10 | 0-321-27666-3 |
| ASIN | B0036HKIDI |
| Publication Year | 2005 |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars (9) |
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Because this is a PDF, printing is not supported in this digital edition.
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Will I receive a physical book? No, this is a digital PDF file only.
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Verified Bibliographic Details
| File Size (Bytes) | 71364438 |
|---|---|
| Library of Congress Classification | PB1417.O56 2005 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 808'.0427—dc22 |
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