PDF Books in Literary Essays
In Praise of Folly
by Desiderius ErasmusIn Praise of Folly is a satirical essay written by Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch theologian and a catholic priest whose notable contributions include Apophthegmatum opus, A handbook on manners for children and The Education of a Christian Prince. The essay starts off with a satirical learned encomium and ends with a straightforward statement of Chris..
How to Tell a Story and Other Essays
by Mark TwainHow to Tell a Story and Other Essays is a series of essays written by Mark Twain, an American novelist and humorist who wrote the “The Great American Novel” The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Through this book of essays, Twain details his own style of writing, the difficulties of humor writing through couple of short stories provided along with..
Heretics
by G. K. ChestertonHeretics is a series of essays written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, a Christian apologist with multifaceted literary personalities such as philosopher, poet, dramatist, journalist, orator, theologian and biographer. In this book of essay, the author argues that the contemporary society has changed to such extent that orthodoxy is not only consid..
What's Wrong with the World
by G. K. ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the World is a series of essays compiled from the literary critic Gilbert Keith Chesterton’s life time contributed works through newspapers and periodicals on feminism, education, government, business and other topics. Chesterton’s faith in Christianity and his clever and unique commenting skills and criticisms on materialism, ..
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
by Francis BaconThe Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral is a series of essays covering many topics written by Francis Bacon, an English philosopher remembered as the creator of empiricism theory which knowledge of sensory experience. This text contains an exploration of philosophical thoughts on diversified topics such as truth, death, revenge, adversary,..
The Oxford Book of American Essays
by W. C. BrownellThe Oxford Book of American Essays is a collection of essays written in English language by American writers. This handful of essays written by most popular American authors concerning various topics has been collected by American literary critic William Crary Brownell, who has been a journalist and editor of publishing houses like Charles Scribner..
Essays of Schopenhauer
by Arthur SchopenhauerEssays of Schopenhauer, is written by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer whose career best work is noted as The World as Will and Representation. He was influenced by philosophers like Buddha, Plato and Immanuel Kant and eventually he chose the path of Atheism. He called himself as Buddhist and Kantian. His pessimistic philosophie..
The Frontier in American History
by Frederick Jackson TurnerThe Frontier in American History is an essay by the Harward educated American historian Frederick Jackson Turner, whose ideas were prominent to the forming of Frontier thesis. Best known for this work, his other notable writings include “Rise of the new west”, “Social Forces in American History”, "Is Sectionalism in America Dying ..