On essays : Montaigne to the present /

On essays : Montaigne to the present / Thomas Karshan and Kathryn Murphy. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

'On Essays' sets out, in a new and authoritative way, the history of the essay; explains how the essay has come to mean what it does, surveys the widely various incarnations of the form, offers new accounts of major essayists in English, and traces a wide range of significant themes.

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American essays.
English essays.
Essays--History and criticism.

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