num_pages: 622
description: This flexible, alphabetically arranged reader offers 50 outstanding essays by 50 outstanding essayists — all written within the last few decades and all representing, in Hall’s estimation, “the best work of our own literary moment.” Each essay is accompanied by a headnote and an afterward by Hall.
language: English
title: The Contemporary Essay
titlecomplete: The Contemporary Essay
genres: Essays, Nonfiction, Writing
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's