Essays

An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article and a short story. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like Joh ...more

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
My Body
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Bad Feminist
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
A Room of One’s Own
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
Men Explain Things to Me
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
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The White Album
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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