The Essay: An Introduction

by Robert DiYanni

Originally published as part of Robert DiYanni's "Literature, fourth edition, "The Essay serves those Introduction to Literature courses that cover this genre in addition to Poetry, Fiction, and Drama. It is available separately or in a package with DiYanni's "Literature, fifth edition."

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2001

About the author

Robert DiYanni is an adjunct professor of humanities and an instructional consultant at the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at New York University. In these capacities he teaches courses on critical thinking, interdisciplinary humanities, commerce and culture, and business and its publics, and conducts workshops and consultations with faculty throughout the university on aspects of pedagogical practice. Before coming to NYU, Dr. DiYanni taught at Queens College and Pace University and as a visiting professor at Harvard. He also served, for ten years, as Director of International Services at The College Board.

Reviews

[Scott Whitney · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of great ideas for talking about creative non-fiction and a lot of good, classic examples of this genre. It does read a lot like the textbook it is, but the ideas are still there. I do wish it talked more about writing an essay instead of just writing about essays. There is so much interest in creative non-fiction now, it takes quite a bit to get the ideas for writing an essay out of this book.