Oates, Joyce Carol. The Best American Essays of the Century.
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In her excellent introduction to this collection, Joyce carol Oates Noun 1. Joyce Carol Oates - United States writer (born in 1938)
Oates states her belief that "art should not be comforting." It
should, instead, "provoke, disturb, ... and expand our sympathies
in directions we may not anticipate and may not even wish." The
reader should therefore be prepared to have these 55 carefully selected
essays Among the numerous literary works titled Selected Essays are the following: - Selected Essays by Frederick Douglass
- Selected Essays by T.S. Eliot
- Selected Essays by William Troy
do just that. Arranged chronologically, the essays span the
century with an average of five essays per decade. From Mark Twain to
Saul Bellow by way of William James, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost and
Gertrude Stein, the collection notes literary trends as well as social
upheavals as recorded in essays of W.E.B DuBois, Langston Hughes, Zora
Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. and Richard Wright. Chosen from authors who had published
at least one book of nonfiction or essays, this collection attempts to
present a "mobile mosaic" of 20th-century America. Patricia A.
Moore Brookline, MA
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