Fifty Great Essays

KEY FEATURE: Fifty Great Essays offers an outstanding collection of classic and contemporary writing as part of Longman's distinguished Penguin Academic Series, sharing the low-cost, high-quality goals of the widely-admired Penguin Classics series. A wide range of essays at an affordable price, Fifty Great Essays offers readers an excellent introduction into the world of great essay-writing. Selections range from classic essays such as E.B. White's, “Beauty” and Frederick Douglass', “Learning to Read and Write” to contemporary essays such as Mary Wollstonecraft's, “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” and Nancy Mairs, “On Being a Cripple.” General readers.

Robert DiYanni is Director of International Services in the Advanced Placement Program at The College Board. Dr. DiYanni, who holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York, has taught English and Humanities at a variety of institutions, including NYU, CUNY, and Harvard. He has written and edited more than two dozen books, mostly for college students of writing, literature, and humanities.