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Essay

An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, though the cited article calls the definition vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet and a short story. It says essays have been sub-classified as formal, characterized by serious purpose, dignity, logical organization and length, and informal, characterized by the personal element, humor, graceful style and rambling structure. Essays are commonly used as literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections and reflections of the author, and although brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works such as John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding are counterexamples. Philosophical works the atlas records as essays are grouped under this entry.

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An Address Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Works

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Being and Nothingness, Works

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Essays: First Series, Works

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Essays: Second Series, Works

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Han Feizi, Works

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Nature, Works

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Representative Men, Works

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Self-Reliance, Works

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The American Scholar, Works

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The Conduct of Life, Works

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The Myth of Sisyphus, Works

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The Rebel, Works

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Essay (Wikipedia)
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An essay (, ESS-ay) is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story.
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