"This groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic )such as sermons, aphorisms(, individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details the historical development of the essay, and the alphabetically arranged entries usually include biographical sketch, nationality, era, selected writings list, additional readings, and anthologies."--"Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles", American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.
شماره کتابشناسی ملی
شماره
02BL0000000010911
زبان اثر
زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن
انگلیسی
عنوان و نام پديدآور
عنوان اصلي
Encyclopedia of the essay
نام نخستين پديدآور
editor, Tracy Chevalier
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
London ; Chicago
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
,c1997
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
xxi, 1002 29 cm.
یادداشتهای مربوط به بسته بندی و دسترس بودن اثر
متن يادداشت
مرجع
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر