Proved on the Pulses: On the Essay and its Literary Cousins

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Thirteen Ways of Looking at an Essay: One

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds

“A loose sally of the mind. An irregular, undigested piece.”  (Samuel Johnson, himself an essayist.)

Known for its perambulating, meandering, (seemingly) artless construction.