The Collected Essays of

The first-ever collection of essays from across Elizabeth Hardwick''s illustrious writing career, including works not seen in print for decades.A New York Times Notable Book of 2017Elizabeth Hardw ...

The first-ever collection of essays from across Elizabeth Hardwick''s illustrious writing career, including works not seen in print for decades.A New York Times Notable Book of 2017Elizabeth Hardwick wrote during the golden age of the American literary essay. For Hardwick, the essay was an imaginative endeavor, a serious form, criticism worthy of the literature in question. In the essays collected here she covers civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s, describes places where she lived and locations she visited, and writes about the foundations of American literature—Melville, James, Wharton—