The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the.
The Art of the Personal Essay is the first anthology to celebrate this fertile genre. By presenting more than seventy-five personal essays, including influential forerunners from ancient Greece, Rome, and the Far East, masterpieces from the dawn of the personal essay in the sixteenth century, and a wealth of the finest personal essays from the last four centuries, editor Phillip Lopate.Phillip Lopate's biography and life story.Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 16, 1943, Philip Lopate received a bachelor’s degree at Columbia University and a PhD at Union Graduate School.His mos.The editor, Phillip Lopate, is known as both a teacher and author of the personal essays, and has compiled some of the best examples of the form throughout history. A particular joy is his lengthy introduction, which sets out to describe the nature of the essay and provide some preliminary guidance on how to use the book as a learning resource.
Demetrios Psillos. Lopate’s take: In my view, the Harlem-raised Baldwin (who lived most of his adult life as an expatriate in Europe) is the most important American essayist of the postwar period. And perhaps nothing makes that case more eloquently than his masterwork, “Notes of a Native Son.” As with the best essays, what drives it is the writer’s need to figure out what he thinks.Buy Portrait Inside My Head 1st by Phillip Lopate (ISBN: 9781907903960) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Phillip Lopate - Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943, Philip Lopate received a Bachelor's. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943, Philip Lopate received a Bachelor's - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Poets.org. Donate Donate. Poets. Search more than 3,000.
