The best American essays 1992
By: edited and with an introduction by Susan Sontag ; Robert Atwan, series editor.
Contributors: Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.; Atwan, Robert.
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
Subjects: American essays -- 20th century.
Description: Hailed as the single most distinguished showcase for essays, The Best American Essays exhibits the finest writing from magazines and journals across the country. This year Susan Sontag has collected an extraordinary range of talent that includes such notables as Joan Didion, John Updike, Jamaica Kincaid, and Stanley Elkin.
Table of contents: title: Anne Carson; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory -- Elizabeth Hardwick; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory -- Elizabeth Hardwick -- Vicki Hearne; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory -- Elizabeth Hardwick -- Vicki Hearne -- Jamaica Kincaid; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory -- Elizabeth Hardwick -- Vicki Hearne -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Wayne Koestenbaum -- The; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory -- Elizabeth Hardwick -- Vicki Hearne -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Wayne Koestenbaum -- The -- Leonard Michaels; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory -- Elizabeth Hardwick -- Vicki Hearne -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Wayne Koestenbaum -- The -- Leonard Michaels -- David Rieff; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory -- Elizabeth Hardwick -- Vicki Hearne -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Wayne Koestenbaum -- The -- Leonard Michaels -- David Rieff -- Patricia Storace; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory -- Elizabeth Hardwick -- Vicki Hearne -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Wayne Koestenbaum -- The -- Leonard Michaels -- David Rieff -- Patricia Storace -- George W.S. Trow; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory -- Elizabeth Hardwick -- Vicki Hearne -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Wayne Koestenbaum -- The -- Leonard Michaels -- David Rieff -- Patricia Storace -- George W.S. Trow -- John Updike -- The; title: Anne Carson -- Joan Didion -- E.L. Doctorow -- Ronald Dworkin -- Stanley Elkin -- Philip Fisher -- William H. Gass -- Adam Gopnik -- John Guillory -- Elizabeth Hardwick -- Vicki Hearne -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Wayne Koestenbaum -- The -- Leonard Michaels -- David Rieff -- Patricia Storace -- George W.S. Trow -- John Updike -- The -- John Updike; title: Anne Carson-- Joan Didion-- E.L. Doctorow-- Ronald Dworkin-- Stanley Elkin-- Philip Fisher-- William H. Gass-- Adam Gopnik-- John Guillory-- Elizabeth Hardwick-- Vicki Hearne-- Jamaica Kincaid-- Wayne Koestenbaum-- The-- Leonard Michaels-- David Rieff-- Patricia Storace-- George W.S. Trow-- John Updike-- The-- John Updike-- Gore Vidal.