The History Of The Essay Flashcards
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Plutarch
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-46-120
-From Greece
“Parallel Lines”
-Counterpart of Seneca
2
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Seneca
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- Roman writer, orator, and dramatist
- wrote about common topics
- “Asthma”
- “Noise”
- Grand manner of classical oratory
- Counterpart of Plutarch
3
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See Shonagon
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- gossip
- 10th century Japanese court lady
- “Pillow Topic”
- journalistic
4
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Kenko
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- Poet
- Buddhist Monk
- Japanese
- Wrote like a zen painting and with brush strokes
- Fragmented
- Stream of consciousness
5
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Montaigne
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- French
- Father of Modern Essay
- Made the word “Essay” from “Essais”
- Personal
- Copied Senecas style
- “Give and take”
- Counterpart of Frances Bacon
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Frances Bacon
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- English
- Father of English Essay
- Short Essays
- Formal
- No emotion
7
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Thomas Paine
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- Political Essays
- American
- “Common Sense”
- “The Crises”
8
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Ben Franklin
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- “Poor Richard’s Almanck”
- Used Aphorism
- American
- Used funny phrases like “A stitch in time saves nine”
9
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Samuel Johnson
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- English
- Satirical
- “The Rambler”
- “Adventure”
- “Idler”
10
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Joseph Addison and Richard Steele
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- A team
- produced satirical writings 3 times a week
- “The tatler”
11
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Johnathon Swift
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- British
- Satricial
- “Gullivers Travels”
- “A Modest Proposal”
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Charles Lamb
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- Bachelor
- “The Essays of Elia”
- “A bachelor’s complaint”
13
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William Hazlitt
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- Gusto!
- Direct
- “On the Pleasure of Hating”
14
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- nature
- public lectures
- “Hitch your wagon to a star”
- “Trust thyself”
- Used Aphorism
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Henry David Thoreau
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- nature
- Left home early in life
- the dude who saw 2 ants fighting
- “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” (referenced by MLK and Gandhi)
- “Walden”
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George Orwell
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"Animal Farm" "1984" "Shooting an Elephant" -Wrote on Imperialism -Soldier
17
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Virginia Woolf
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- 1882-1942
- English
- Stream of Consciousness
- “Death of a Moth”
- Relaxed
18
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EB White
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- “Charolettes Web”
- “Stuart Little”
- “Once More to the Lake”
- Author of Children’s books
- Mr Rogers, basically
19
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James Baldwin
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- 1924-1987
- Wrote on race relations
- American
- Ex-Patriot
- “Notes from a Native Son”
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James Thurber
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- Humourist
- Drew satirical cartoons
- “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
- “My Life and Hard Times”
- “The Catbird Seat”
- Journalist
21
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Joan Didion
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- Social Issues in the 60’s
- “Marrying Absurd”
- American
22
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Richard Rodriguez
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- “heading Into Darkness”
- Bilingual
- wrote on Terrorism
- Master of confessional
23
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Frederick Douglass
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- Black slave
- -1818-1895
- His master’s wife taught him to read and write
- “Learning to Read and Write”
24
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Zora Neale Hurston
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- Pride in being a Black Woman
- Wrote about childhood in Florida
- “Their Eyes were Watching God”
25
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Martin Luther King
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- Prejudice and Injustice
- “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
- “I Have a Dream”
26
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Gretel Ehrlich
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-Cowboys
27
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Maxine Hong Kingston
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- Chinese
- Wrote on the place of women in China
- “No Name Woman”
28
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M. Scott Momaday
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- Grandma was a Native American
- Wrote on Native American traditions and beliefs
- “the Way to Rainy mt”
29
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Essaie
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French word for Essay
30
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Essayer
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Verb of “essaie”
-To try or to attempt
31
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Thomas Wolfe
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“One Life”
- “The Right Stuff”
- American culture
- “the electric kool aid acid test”
