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Joseph Epstein (1) (1937–)

Autor(a) de Snobbery: The American Version

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About the Author

Joseph Epstein is the author of the best-selling Snobbery and Friendship, as well as the short story collections. The Goldin Boys, Fabulous Small Jews, and Frozen in Time, among other books, and was formerly editor of the American Scholar. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, mostrar mais The Atlantic, and other magazines. In 2003 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush along with John Updike, Hal Holbrook, and Robert Ballard. A longtime teacher of English at Northwestern University, he lives in Evanston, Illinois. mostrar menos

Obras de Joseph Epstein

Snobbery: The American Version (2002) 501 cópias
Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins (2003) 244 cópias
Friendship: An Expose (2006) 176 cópias
Fabulous Small Jews (2003) 174 cópias
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (1997) — Editor; Contribuinte — 142 cópias
Narcissus Leaves the Pool (2007) 126 cópias
The Best American Essays 1993 (1993) — Editor — 120 cópias
Essays in Biography (2012) 93 cópias
The Ideal of Culture: Essays (2018) 53 cópias
The Middle of My Tether (1983) 52 cópias
Wind Sprints: Shorter Essays (2016) 37 cópias
Ambition: The Secret Passion (1601) 32 cópias
Golden Boys: Stories (1602) 25 cópias
Distant Intimacy: A Friendship in the Age of the Internet (2013) — Introdução — 15 cópias
Masters: Portraits of Great Teachers (1981) — Autor — 15 cópias
Divorced in America (1605) 8 cópias
Victimhood (2017) 1 exemplar(es)
My Brother Eli 1 exemplar(es)
The American Scholar, Autumn 1995 (1995) 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

Howards End (1910) — Contribuinte, algumas edições8,685 cópias
Democracy in America (1835) — Introdução, algumas edições5,710 cópias
The Story of My Life (1903) — Contribuinte, algumas edições5,117 cópias
The Complete Plain Words (1948) — Introdução, algumas edições860 cópias
The Best American Short Stories 2007 (2007) — Contribuinte — 826 cópias
The Oxford Book of Essays (1991) — Contribuinte — 613 cópias
The Best American Short Stories 2009 (2009) — Contribuinte — 363 cópias
The Best American Essays 2003 (2003) — Contribuinte — 313 cópias
The Best American Essays 2006 (2006) — Contribuinte — 300 cópias
The Best American Essays 2001 (2001) — Contribuinte — 236 cópias
The Best American Essays 2012 (2012) — Contribuinte — 228 cópias
Reading in Bed: Personal Essays on the Glories of Reading (1995) — Contribuinte — 225 cópias
The Yale Book of Quotations (2006) — Prefácio, algumas edições201 cópias
The Best American Essays 1998 (1998) — Contribuinte — 191 cópias
Bookworms: Great Writers Celebrate Reading (1996) — Contribuinte — 186 cópias
Riverside Reader (1981) — Contribuinte, algumas edições185 cópias
Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip Mining of American Culture (1996) — Contribuinte — 142 cópias
The Best American Essays 1996 (1996) — Contribuinte — 132 cópias
The Best American Essays 1990 (1990) — Contribuinte — 117 cópias
Short Takes: Brief Encounters with Contemporary Nonfiction (2005) — Contribuinte — 108 cópias
The Best Spiritual Writing 1998 (1998) — Contribuinte — 101 cópias
The Best American Essays 1989 (1989) — Contribuinte — 100 cópias
The Dimwit's Dictionary: 5,000 Overused Words and Phrases and Alternatives to Them (2002) — Prefácio, algumas edições97 cópias
A Carnival of Buncombe (1956) — Prefácio, algumas edições88 cópias
The Best American Essays 1987 (1987) — Contribuinte — 85 cópias
The Best American Spiritual Writing 2004 (2004) — Contribuinte — 83 cópias
Responding to Literature (1992) — Contribuinte, algumas edições82 cópias
The Best American Short Stories 1983 (1983) — Contribuinte — 73 cópias
The Best American Spiritual Writing 2007 (2006) — Contribuinte — 68 cópias
Motives for Writing (1991) — Contribuinte — 66 cópias
The Best Spiritual Writing 2002 (2002) — Contribuinte — 48 cópias
The Weekly Standard: A Reader: 1995-2005 (2005) — Contribuinte — 47 cópias
Chamfort: A Biography (1988) — Prefácio, algumas edições39 cópias
Great Writing: A Reader for Writers (1987) — Contribuinte — 37 cópias
Fair of Speech: The Uses of Euphemism (1985) — Contribuinte — 35 cópias
The Anchor Essay Annual: The Best of 1998 (1998) — Contribuinte — 34 cópias
A Passion For Books (1999) — Contribuinte — 31 cópias
-30-: The Collapse of the Great American Newspaper (2007) — Contribuinte — 18 cópias
Discovering Ideas: An Anthology for Writers (1982) — Contribuinte — 17 cópias
Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals (1997) — Editor; Introdução — 15 cópias
Creative Chicago: From the Chap-Book to the University (1993) — Introdução — 11 cópias
Plagiarism (Issues That Concern You) (2008) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
Celebrity Culture in the United States (Reference Shelf) (2008) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
John Irving (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) (2001) — Contribuinte — 8 cópias
Vocabula Bound (2004) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
Irving Howe and the Critics: Celebrations and Attacks (2005) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Critical Essays on Robert Penn Warren (1981) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Under Criticism: Essays For William H. Pritchard (1998) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
City 2000: Words and Images about Chicago and Its People (2006) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

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19th century (143) 20th century (243) America (113) American (96) American history (292) American literature (117) anthology (458) autobiography (344) biography (502) books about books (149) British (188) British literature (166) classic (318) classics (312) democracy (192) England (197) English (148) English literature (194) essays (1,259) fiction (1,467) Helen Keller (103) history (685) Kindle (99) language (121) literary criticism (93) literature (418) memoir (174) non-fiction (1,060) novel (266) philosophy (177) political science (180) politics (399) read (175) reference (159) short stories (275) sociology (153) to-read (884) unread (168) USA (187) writing (125)

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JE is a fine essayist, as you probably know; this is a collection of his biographical essays. Those about the intellectuals and authors of the 50s and 60s whom he knew are especially interesting and entertaining.
 
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markm2315 | outras 4 resenhas | Jul 1, 2023 |
Many of the "essays" are book reviews reprinted as essays, and mostly they work well enough in that capacity. I would say that an essayist collects his magazine work into a single volume at his own peril: essays originally read months and years apart look very different when read straight through. For example, certain clever observations (Havard was difficult to get into, easy to get out of, whereas University of Chicago was easy to get into but difficult to get out of) and favorite expressions (eminence grise) lose their freshness after the second and third encounters.… (mais)
 
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gtross | Apr 18, 2021 |

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Obras
48
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Membros
2,918
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Avaliação
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Resenhas
48
ISBNs
105
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