{"product_id":"the-art-of-the-personal-essay-an-anthology-from-the-classical-era-to-the-present-9780385423397","title":"The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present","description":"For more than four hundred years, the personal essay has been one of the richest and most vibrant of all literary forms. Distinguished from the detached formal essay by its friendly, conversational tone, its loose structure, and its drive toward candor and self-disclosure, the personal essay seizes on the minutiae of daily life-vanities, fashions, foibles, oddballs, seasonal rituals, love and disappointment, the pleasures of solitude, reading, taking a walk -- to offer insight into the human condition and the great social and political issues of the day. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Personal Essay\u003c\/i\u003e 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, himself an acclaimed essayist, displays the tradition of the personal essay in all its historical grandeur, depth, and diversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Lopate is the author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst Joie de Vivre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBachelorhood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rug Merchant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeing with Children\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConfessions of Summer\u003c\/i\u003e. A recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, his works have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Pushcart Prize annuals, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is Adams Professor of English at Hofstra University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627553394962,"sku":"9780385423397","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_317c65a3-c22f-4ff3-b9d1-bdb0b620f24e.jpg?v=1732676043","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-art-of-the-personal-essay-an-anthology-from-the-classical-era-to-the-present-9780385423397","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}