E. B. White [electronic resource] : The Essayist as First-Class Writer /
Atkins, G.author.
This is the first book-length critical study of E.B. White, the American essayist and author of Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan . G. Douglas Atkins focuses on White and the writing life, offering detailed readings of the major essays and revealing White's distinctiveness as an essayist.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-161) and index.
Introduction -- Coming into White country -- E. B. White and the writing life : affirming life's newness and joy -- Of nature, Maine, and meaning : or, "The pageantry of peas" and the poetics of adversity -- Strange bedfellows and deconstruction of oppositions : the "Recording Secretary" speaks his mind on politics -- Postscript : looking for E.B. White -- Appendix : reading "Once more to the lake."
This is the first book-length critical study of E.B. White, the American essayist and author of Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan . G. Douglas Atkins focuses on White and the writing life, offering detailed readings of the major essays and revealing White's distinctiveness as an essayist.
White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985
Literature-History and criticism.
America-Literatures.
Ethnology.
Literature-Philosophy.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literary History.
North American Literature.
Cultural Anthropology.
Literary Theory.
Twentieth-Century Literature.