The Seagull Reader: Essays

by Joseph Kelly

A small and inexpensive reader that includes the most widely taught essays―along with some pieces that have never before been anthologized in a composition reader.

Genres: Anthologies, Literature, Nonfiction

448 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[beckfilm]

A good interesting collection of different essays and memoirs, writings from all kinds of different people and perspectives

[Jill]

A solid collection of essays which are commonly excerpted in textbooks. I'm glad that I've now read then all (except Thoreau's whining. I got through half). It is now a little dated , but not without merit.

[Ariel Curry]

Wonderful collection of influential essays, primarily from the US, but several from other areas of the world as well. The introduction from the editors is itself worth reading, and you will learn so much from the persuasive historical arguments that have just as much meaning today as they did in the times when they were written.

[Gulzab]

Excellent collection of Essays! Some I'd read but then there were others, not necessarily considered exposes by the traditional sense. Rachel Carson's first chapter of Silent Spring. A recipe. Malcolm X on education. Ronald Reagan. Amy Tan on her mothers "Englishes". Richard Rodriguez on race relations and 'Blaxicans'. Honestly, an incredibly well curated collection that had me turning the page and wanting to read more and more. This one goes on my bookshelf to be shared.

[Alan]

With the exception of a few essays, this anthology was a real treat. The book contains some of the most important and influential essays ever written in English. If it were not for those few essays I mentioned earlier this would have been an easy 5 star. I still recommend it for anyone who's interested in powerfull essays.

[Kathy]

Read some of the essays for an English class. Loved the essay written by Amy Tan called Mother Tongue.Other essays are written by Ronald Reagan, Abraham Licoln, Robert F. Kennedy. Need to finish this short book.

[Ashley]

This book has a good collection of essays, many of which i enjoyed. Some of them however, well, its a collection of essays....

[Vaponta Victor]

good

[Noha Ali]

Like it.

[Tonny]

I haven't read it yet