A Visit to Vanity Fair: Moral Essays on the Present Age

By Alan Jacobs

Book Overview

Jacobs explains the art of the moral essay, then illustrates the actual execution of the moral essay on subjects such as Harry Potter, TV animal documentaries, and luckydipping in the Bible. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587430142
• ISBN13: 9781587430145
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Brazos Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

The inside is as interesting as the cover design

As a new mother, I have time only for short jaunts through a book. This one was perfect and worth the time I spent on it. I appreciated Alan Jacobs' discernment in quoting (and modeling his style after) time-tested writers; despite the subtitle, he avoids the wearisome tendency to employ endless examples from pop culture in making his points. When he does mention the present age--such as in his Harry Potter piece--his perspective is rooted in age-old wisdom. The book is worth picking up for that essay alone--I wish all Christians boo-hooing Harry would take the time to actually read Rowling's books, with Jacobs' essay in the other hand.