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Bartleby.com publishes a diverse and intelligent nonfiction corpus, including many works of political and social history.   Nonfiction       Anthologies   Eliot, Charles W., ed. 1909–17. The Harvard Classics and Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction. The greatest anthology of the 20th century comprises 70 volumes.   Stedman, E.C., and Hutchinson, E.M., eds. 1891. A Library of American Literature: An Anthology in 11 Volumes. The 6000 pages of the 11 volumes contain over 2500 selections by more than 1100 authors.   Strachey, Lionel, et al., eds. 1906. The World’s Wit and Humor: An Anthology in 15 Volumes. Over 1000 selections from some 500 sources weighted toward American and English.   Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World’s Famous Orations. Two millennia of Western Civilization come into focus through these 281 masterpieces by 213 rhetoricians.   Sinclair, Upton, ed. 1915. The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. With many verse selections, these 665 annotated entries show American Progressivism at its heyday.   Bridges, Robert, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. Created in the darkness of the Great War, Bridges collects a book of lights from the literature of his nation and its allies.   Trent and Wells, ed. 1901. Colonial Prose and Poetry. 57 writers represent the literary and cultural trends in Early America.   Craik, Henry, ed. 1916. English Prose: An Anthology in 5 Volumes. This comprehensive anthology with expertly written annotations comprises 978 selections from 235 authors   American Historical Documents: 1000–1904. 1909–17. 47 works trace the United States from the settling of the continent to early twentieth-century international relations.   English Essays from Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay. 1909–17. Four centuries of the development of English prose are illustrated by 24 works from 17 authors.   Essays: English.
There were innumerable notable essays written between 1961 and today. However, even though it’s a crazy idea to attempt to make a top ten list of the pieces that shaped the era, that’s what we do at Flavorpill — so go with it, and tell us what we left out in the comments section below. This post was inspired by the University of Iowa’s nonfiction Essay Prize, which is “given each year to the work that best exemplifies the art of essaying — inquiry, experimentation, discovery, and change.” Get more details on the 2011 nominees here. 1. “White Elephant Art vs. Termite Art” by Manny Farber – Film Culture, Winter 1962 Farber defends the unpolished, B-grade, underground films and directors that make what he deems “termite art” great. The author is sick of the overwrought attempts at creating and sustaining masterpieces, instead calling for art to devour its own boundaries. Let’s shake it up already! 2. “Frank Sinatra Has A Cold” by Gay Talese – Esquire, April 1965 This was an incredible essay, not only because of the insane amount of reporting involved, but because of the fact that Talese overcame the blow of not being able to access his subject by interviewing every single person possibility affiliated with Sinatra. Through this prismatic lens, we get a clearer view of Ol’ Blue Eyes than we ever could have with him stealing the show. He writes, “They are wise to remember, however, one thing. He is Sinatra. The boss. Il Padrone.” 3. “Slouching Toward Bethlehem” by Joan Didion – The Saturday Evening Post, 1967 On the hunt for a hippie named “Deadeye,” Didion takes us to the nexus of counterculture: San Francisco. It’s an astute analysis of American society, but also one that is ultimately empathetic; the author attempts to understand what others would merely disregard or shun. 4. “The Long-Winded Lady” by Maeve Brennan – The New Yorker, January 10, 1970 It’s as if Brennan.
Shelves > Nonfiction Essay > (showing 1-50 of 412) Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History (Paperback) by Stephen Jay Gould (shelved 2 times as nonfiction-essay) avg rating 4.14 — 5,362 ratings — published 1977 Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars Illuminations: Essays and Reflections (Paperback) by Walter Benjamin (shelved 2 times as nonfiction-essay) avg rating 4.32 — 13,423 ratings — published 1950 Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (shelved 2 times as nonfiction-essay) avg rating 4.46 — 40,786 ratings — published 2014 Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars The God Delusion (Hardcover) by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as nonfiction-essay) avg rating 3.88 — 255,490 ratings — published 2006 Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown (Paperback) by Michael Shermer (shelved 2 times as nonfiction-essay) avg rating 3.52 — 828 ratings — published 2004 Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars The Mismeasure of Man (Paperback) by Stephen Jay Gould (shelved 2 times as nonfiction-essay) avg rating 4.03 — 13,591 ratings — published 1982 Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Paperback) by Joan Didion (shelved 2 times as nonfiction-essay) avg rating 4.26.
1. The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. I. - Wikipedia I've read this book    I want to read this book 2. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money was written by the English economist John Maynard Keynes. The book, generally considered to be his magnum opus, is largely credited with creatin. - Wikipedia I've read this book    I want to read this book 3. The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud This book introduces Freud's theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation. Dreams, in Freud's view, were all forms of wish-fulfillment — attempts by the unconscious to resolve a. - Wikipedia I've read this book    I want to read this book 4. The Second World War by Winston Churchill The Second World War is a six-volume history of the period from the end of the First World War to July 1945, written by Sir Winston Churchill. It was largely responsible for him winning (in 1953) t. - Wikipedia I've read this book    I want to read this book 5. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA is an autobiographical account of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA written by James D. Watson and pub. - Wikipedia I've read this book    I want to read this book 6. Selected Essays of T. S. Eliot by T. S. Eliot This is the first large and representative book of T. S. Eliot's prose and it is being published just at the time when Mr. Eliot is returning to America for the Harvard lectures. A year ago Edmund. - Publisher I've read this book    I.