This book examines the role of temperament and taste in the forming of aesthetic and ideological opinions.

Teachers of literature, writing, and language arts classes can also use these essays as a way to help teens explore literature—and their own responses to it—through writing.

"A collection of essays by poet Julia Spicher Kasdorf focusing on aspects of Mennonite life.

In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell's Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for.

Marlene Kadar has brought together an interdisciplinary and comparative collection of critical and theoretical essays by diverse Canadian scholars.

The contributors represent a broad range of scholars from disciplines within the humanities and beyond. Collectively they provide an impressive overview of a growing field of scholarship.

This book showcases a unique, innovative form for contemporary life narrative scholarship.

"Elegant and deeply personal, McConkey's essays reveal a seasoned mind and a soulful spirit." --Publishers Weekly