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Steal, Adopt, Adapt: Where Essays Begin
Year
2016
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
30m
Rating
TVPG
Publication Information
The Great Courses
Summary
First, learn what the essay is and what it is not. See how writing essays has evolved over centuries yet has remained versatile, and examine the many uses of essays across the ages. Numerous essayists find starting out to be the most daunting part of writing. Professor Cognard-Black alleviates these hesitations, using examples from Aristotle to Michel de Montaigne to Edgar Allan Poe.