Monday, August 28, 2017

No, Essays Right Now Are Too Self-Revelatory And Might Even Be Just Bad

One way is "all rhyme and no reason," mannered and polished, filled with self-revelation; the other is "so circumspect in ... claims to self-knowledge that a reader grown used to the personal essay’s relentless flash of exposure might wonder what kind of shy, self-effacing creature produced [it]."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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