- The word
essay derives from the
French infinitive essayer, "to try" or "to attempt". In
English essay first meant "a trial" or "an attempt", and this is...
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refers to his
first two
series of
essays:
Essays:
First Series Essays:
Second Series Some of the most
notable essays of
these two
collections are Self-Reliance...
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photographic essay or photo-
essay for
short is a form of
visual storytelling, a way to
present a
narrative through a
series of images. A
photo essay delivers...
- Look up
essay in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
essay is a
short piece of writing.
Essay may also
refer to:
Essay (numismatics), a
prototype of a...
- An
admissions or
application essay,
sometimes also
called a
personal statement or a
statement of purpose, is an
essay or
other written statement written...
- "Compensation" is an
essay by
Ralph Waldo Emerson. It
appeared in his book
Essays,
first published 1841. In 1844,
Essays:
Second Series was published...
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Essays of Elia is a
collection of
essays written by
Charles Lamb; it was
first published in book form in 1823, with a
second volume, Last
Essays of Elia...
- An
Essay on
Criticism is one of the
first major poems written by the
English writer Alexander Pope (1688–1744),
published in 1711. It is the
source of...
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Nature is a book-length
essay written by
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
published by
James Munroe and
Company in 1836. In the
essay Emerson put
forth the foundation...
- The
Essays (French: Essais,
pronounced [esɛ]) of
Michel de
Montaigne are
contained in
three books and 107
chapters of
varying length. They were originally...