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| An '''essay''' is a short piece of [[philosophy]]. | An '''essay''' is a short piece of [[philosophy]]. | ||
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| + | An '''essay''' is a piece of [[writing]], usually from an author's personal [[Perspective (cognitive)|point of view]]. Essays are [[non-fiction]]al but often [[Subjectivity|subjective]]; while [[expository]], they can also include [[narrative]]. Essays can be [[literary criticism]], political [[manifestos]], learned [[arguments]], observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. | ||
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| + | The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an [[article (publishing)|article]] and a [[short story]]. Almost all modern essays are written in [[prose]], but works in [[Poetry|verse]] have been dubbed essays (e.g. [[Alexander Pope]]'s ''An Essay on Criticism'' and ''An Essay on Man''). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like [[John Locke]]'s ''[[An Essay Concerning Human Understanding]]'' and [[Thomas Malthus]]'s ''[[An Essay on the Principle of Population]]'' provide counterexamples. | ||
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An essay is a short piece of philosophy.
An essay is a piece of writing, usually from an author's personal point of view. Essays are non-fictional but often subjective; while expository, they can also include narrative. Essays can be literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author.
The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article and a short story. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population provide counterexamples.
