September 24, 2015
by madilynkane001
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In the Preface to Collected Essays, Aldous Huxley maps out the three-poled frame of reference, which include the personal (autobiographical), the concrete-particular (objective-factual), and the abstract-universal. He elaborates that the personal is when the writer relies on autobiography in order … Continue reading
September 15, 2015
by madilynkane001
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A. C. Benson’s “The Art of the Essayist” illustrates the characteristics and criteria of the essayist–a writer with personality who is not a poet or a romancer, but one who perceives life as it is, simple and raw (42). Benson … Continue reading
September 13, 2015
by madilynkane001
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