Essays

found: Genre terms : a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging, via WWW, July 30, 2014(Essays. BT Literary forms (Gathering term; do not assign))

found: Reitz, J.M. ODLIS : online dictionary for library and information science, July 30, 2014(essay: A short literary composition written in expository prose addressed to the general reader, usually dealing thoughtfully and in some depth with a single theme, seen from the personal point of view of the essayist who does not necessarily attempt the systematic or comprehensive analysis one would expect in a dissertation or treatise. There are no limitations on style or content--essays can be formal or informal, descriptive, narrative, persuasive, humorous, satirical, historical, biographical, autobiographical, or critical.)

found: Görlach, M. An alphabetical list of English text types, in Text types and the history of English, c2004:p. 42 (essay: short prose composition; first draft; essayette: short essay)

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