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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press

FORMAT: Hardback

ISBN: 9781474486026

RRP: £150.00

PAGES: 504

PUBLICATION DATE:
October 31, 2022

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The Edinburgh Companion to the Essay

Mario Aquilina

Nicole B. Wallack

Bob Cowser Jnr.

The Edinburgh Companion to the Essay distinguishes itself by the wide range and scope of its themes, voices and approaches. Thirty-five leading essayists, literary critics and writing instructors explore the essay from multiple perspectives, including its theories, forms and histories as well as its cultural, political and pedagogical contexts. In particular, the volume extends the theory of the essay by addressing topics such as the construction of an essayistic self and the political dimensions of essaying. It further explores the relationship between the essay and other forms, such as philosophical writing, the column, science writing, the novel, the lyric and the advert as well as the essay in digital spaces. The book includes interviews with eight renowned contemporary writers (Robert Atwan, Brian Dillon, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Leslie Jamison, Jamaica Kincaid, Claudia Rankine, David Shields and Rebecca Solnit) who offer insights into their own essays as well as their views on the contemporary essay.

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Mario Aquilina

Mario Aquilina, Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Malta. Nicole B. Wallack, Director of Columbia University’s Undergraduate Writing Program and Senior Lecturer-in-Discipline in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University. Bob Cowser Jnr., Professor of English, St. Lawrence University.