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Partial Payments: Essays on Writers and Their Lives

Joseph Epstein

Epstein writes about authors to whom he feels indebted, those he has revered and learned from. His range extends from Matthew Arnold to Tom Wolfe, from George Santayana to S.J. Perelman.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Mar 1st, 1991
  • Pages: 430
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.18in - 5.47in - 1.15in - 1.08lb
  • EAN: 9780393307160
  • Categories: Books & Reading

About the Author

Epstein, Joseph: - Joseph Epstein has been the editor of the American Scholar since 1975. His own books of essays include The Middle of My Tether, Once More Around the Block, A Line Out for a Walk, Pertinent Players, and With My Trousers Rolled (all published by Norton). He was guest editor for Best American Essays (1993) and teaches at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.