Essay

Essay

An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument — but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have traditionally been sub-classified as formal and informal.

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Ballaciner

Ballaciner

Book by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Adding a Dimension

Adding a Dimension

Book by Isaac Asimov

L'Extase matérielle

L'Extase matérielle

Essay by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

View from a Height

View from a Height

Book by Isaac Asimov

Trois Villes saintes

Trois Villes saintes

Book by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Understanding history

Understanding history

Book by Bertrand Russell

A Room of One's Own

A Room of One's Own

Book by Virginia Woolf

How to Be Alone Jonathan Franzen

How to Be Alone Jonathan Franzen

Book by Jonathan Franzen

Treatise on Tolerance

Treatise on Tolerance

Book by Voltaire

Lettres Philosophiques

Lettres Philosophiques

Book by Voltaire

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

Book by Susan Faludi

The Myth of Sisyphus

The Myth of Sisyphus

Novel by Albert Camus

Gospel choirs

Gospel choirs

Book by Derrick Bell

The KandyKolored Tangerine

The KandyKolored Tangerine

Book by Tom Wolfe

Animals and Women: Feminist Theoretical Explorations

Animals and Women: Feminist Theoretical Explorations

Book

The Order of Learning: Essays on the Contemporary University

The Order of Learning: Essays on the Contemporary University

Book by Edward Shils

Fame & Folly

Fame & Folly

Book by Cynthia Ozick

Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s & . . .

Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s & . . .

Book by Edmund Wilson

Letters of E. B. White

Letters of E. B. White

Book by E. B. White

The Proper Study of Mankind: An Anthology of Essays

The Proper Study of Mankind: An Anthology of Essays

Book by Isaiah Berlin

Feel Free

Feel Free

Book by Zadie Smith

The Devil Finds Work

The Devil Finds Work

Book by James Baldwin

Letters on the English

Letters on the English

Book by Voltaire

The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

Book by W. E. B. Du Bois

Nobody Knows My Name

Nobody Knows My Name

Book by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time

Book by James Baldwin

Maps and Legends

Maps and Legends

Book by Michael Chabon

Hella Nation: Looking for Happy Meals in Kandahar, Rocking the Side Pipe, Wingnut's War Against the Gap, and Other Adventures with the Totally Lost Tribes of America

Hella Nation: Looking for Happy Meals in Kandahar, Rocking the Side Pipe, Wingnut's War Against the Gap, and Other Adventures with the Totally Lost Tribes of America

Book by Evan Wright

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens

Book by Alice Walker

The Essential Gandhi

The Essential Gandhi

Book by Eknath Easwaran and Mahatma Gandhi

Why I Write

Why I Write

Essay by George Orwell

Even the Stars Look Lonesome

Even the Stars Look Lonesome

Book by Maya Angelou

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

Book by Maya Angelou

Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time

Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time

Book by Clive James

No Name in the Street

No Name in the Street

Book by James Baldwin

Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals

Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals

Book by Edward Shils

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Book by David Sedaris

Where I Was From

Where I Was From

Book by Joan Didion

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

Book by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Abolition of Man

The Abolition of Man


Italian Journey

Italian Journey

Book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Select Conversations with an Uncle

Select Conversations with an Uncle

Book by H. G. Wells

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

Book by David Sedaris

We Tell Ourselves Stories in . . .

We Tell Ourselves Stories in . . .

Book by Joan Didion

Certain Personal Matters

Certain Personal Matters

Book by H. G. Wells

The Crack-Up

The Crack-Up

Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald

China in Ten Words

China in Ten Words


A Room of One's Own

A Room of One's Own

Book by Virginia Woolf

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