The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II
One of America's premier essayists, Joseph Epstein was the editor of The American Scholar for 25 years and has taught--and continues to teach--advanced prose, the reading and writing of fiction, the sociology of literature, autobiography, literature and politics, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, and Willa Cather at Northwestern University. Epstein is the author of 13 books, most recently Life Sentences and Narcissus Leaves the Pool, and has published roughly four hundred essays, stories, reviews and articles in such journals as The New Yorker, Harper's, Times Literary Supplement, The New Republic, Commentary, The New Criterion, The New York Review of Books, Encounter, The New York Times Magazine, and Dissent.
"No better study of a nation's institutions and culture than
Tocqueville's Democracy in America has ever been written by a
foreign observer; none perhaps as good."
--The New York Times
Praise for the work of Joseph Epstein:
"Epstein is one of the premier contemporary American
essayists...What is so remarkable about Epstein as an essay writer
is that he'll begin a discussion at some personal place...and end
up in another place relevant to us all. He enjoys making language
work, not making it jump through hoops for show." --Booklist
"Joseph Epstein is an essayist in the brilliant tradition of
Charles Lamb. He moves so effortlessly from the amusingly personal
to the broadly philosophical that it takes a moment before you
realize how far out into the intellectual cosmos you've been
taken."
--Tom Wolfe
"Joseph Epstein's essays no more need his identifying byline than
Van Gogh's paintings need his signature. Epstein's style--call it
learned whimsy--is unmistakable; for Epstein addicts,
indispensable."
--George Will
"Joseph Epstein is the liveliest, most erudite and engaging
essayist we have." --James Atlas
"If Epstein's ultimate ancestor is Montaigne, his more immediate
master is Mencken. Like Mencken, he has fashioned a style that
successfully combines elegance and even bookishness with
street-smart colloquial directness. And there is nothing remote or
aloof about him."
--John Gross, Chicago Tribune
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