Essay
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| "A literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything". |
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 letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story.
Aldous Huxley, a leading essayist, gives guidance on the subject.[1] He notes that "the essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything".
References
- ↑ Aldous Huxley, Collected Essays, "Preface", London: Harper and Brothers, 1960, p. v.