The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers
The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers

Author: Joseph Addison

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-05-19

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13:

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"The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers" contains essays that were printed in the "Spectator" in the early 1700s. This book enlightens readers about the society of Sir Roger de Coverley and his acquaintances. A book for all members of society.

The De Coverley Papers, From 'The Spectator'
The De Coverley Papers, From 'The Spectator'

Author: Joseph Addison

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-21

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13:

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This witty and brilliant work groups together the essays from The Spectator about the character of Sir Roger de Coverley, who was a key figure in English Literature. Sir Roger de Coverley, a fictional character created by Joseph Addison, was a Worcestershire baronet and was meant to portray a typical landed country gentleman. Moreover, he was a member of the fictitious Spectator Club, and the de Coverley writings contained delightful vignettes of early 18th-century English life that were "The Spectator's" best feature.

The Oxford Book of Essays
The Oxford Book of Essays

Author: John Gross

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 680

ISBN-13: 0199556555

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The essay is one of the richest of literary forms. Its most obvious characteristics are freedom, informality, and the personal touch--though it can also find room for poetry, satire, fantasy, and sustained argument. All these qualities, and many others, are on display in The Oxford Book of Essays. The most wide-ranging collection of its kind to appear for many years, it includes 140 essays by 120 writers: classics, curiosities, meditations, diversions, old favorites, recent examples that deserve to be better known. A particularly welcome feature is the amount of space allotted to American essayists, from Benjamin Franklin to John Updike and beyond. This is an anthology that opens with wise words about the nature of truth, and closes with a consideration of the novels of Judith Krantz. Some of the other topics discussed in its pages are anger, pleasure, Gandhi, Beau Brummell, wasps, party-going, gangsters, plumbers, Beethoven, potato crisps, the importance of being the right size, and the demolition of Westminster Abbey. It contains some of the most eloquent writing in English, and some of the most entertaining.

Critical Essays from the Spectator
Critical Essays from the Spectator

Author: Joseph Addison

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13:

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A scholarly edition of essays by Joseph Addison. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

Buffalo Bird Girl
Buffalo Bird Girl

Author: S. D. Nelson

Publisher: ABRAMS

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 1613124872

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Buffalo Bird Girl (ca. 1839-1932) was a member of the Hidatsa, a Native American community that lived in permanent villages along the Missouri River on the Great Plains. Like other girls her age, Buffalo Bird Girl learned the ways of her people through watching and listening, and then by doing. She helped plant crops in the spring, tended the fields through the summer, and in autumn joined in the harvest. She learned to prepare animal skins, dry meat, and perform other duties. There was also time for playing games with friends and training her dog. When her family visited the nearby trading post, there were all sorts of fascinating things to see from the white man’s settlements in the East. Award-winning author and artist S. D. Nelson (Standing Rock Sioux) captures the spirit of Buffalo Bird Girl by interweaving the actual words and stories of Buffalo Bird Woman with his artwork and archival photographs. Backmatter includes a history of the Hidatsa and a timeline.