Rooted in close reading of texts, including the essays of E.B. White, this comprehensive assessment of the oft-slighted subform of the literary essay situates the familiar at the heart of the essay as form.

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G. DOUGLAS ATKINS is Professor of English at the University of Kansas, USA, winner of several awards for distinguished teaching, and the author of more than a dozen books books, including Estranging the Familiar (a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the Year).

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The Observing Self, or Writing upon Something: The Character, Art, and Distinctiveness of the Familiar Essay On Time, the Familiar, and the Essay Envisioning the Stranger's Heart E.B. White and the Poetics of Participation 'The Way Life Should Be,' or The Maine-ing of Existence: E.B.White as Familiar Essayist The Limits of the Familiar: E.B. White and T.S. Eliot Towards a Familiar Literary Criticism Of Swords, Ploughshares, and Pens: The Return of/to Civility, Against Winning, and the Art of Peace The Essay in the Academy: Between 'Literature' and 'Creative Writing' Essaying to Be: Higher Education, the Vocation of Teaching, and the Making of Persons