Book
In Defense of the Essay
- Published
- 2003
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- URL
- http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2003/in-defense-of-the-essay/
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 16–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
An essay defending the literary essay as a flexible, undervalued form capable of combining thought, personality, observation, and style. Christopher Orlet argues for the essay’s vitality at a time when the form is often treated as secondary to fiction and other supposedly more prestigious kinds of writing.
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