The Essays
Essay Definitions for Essay: Dr. Johnson defined essay as "a loose Sally of the mind, an irregular, indigested piece, not a regular and orderly performance". The Oxford English Dictionary explains it as " a composition of moderate length on any particular subject". Saintsbury describes it as "work of prose of art". Hugh Walker divides essay in to two types, *Essay Par Excellence - the writers of highest degree is one type. *Composition - these writers are comparatively short and in being more or less incomplete. The true essay according to W.H. Hudson "is essentially personal". Origin : Roman writers Cicero and Seneca wrote Epistles . These Epistles were considered as essays and not letter. Bacon says the word essay is ancient, for Seneca's "Epistles". Types of Essay: Personal Essay: Montaigne, the French writer of the 16th centu...