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Chevalier, Tracy, ed. Encyclopedia of the Essay. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997, 2003. Entries describe authors, styles, and works and present the historical and geographical evolution of the genre.
Griffith, Kelley. Writing Essays About Literature: A Guide and Style Sheet. 6th ed. Heinle & Heinle, 2001. User-friendly guide for beginning essayists.
Gross, John, ed. Oxford Book of Essays. Oxford University Press, 2002. An anthology of the world's finest essays, from the early 1600s to the 1980s.
Lopate, Phillip, ed. The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present. Anchor, 1994. Traces the development of the genre over 400 years.

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