Word: essays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Inside the Whale, the other long essay in this volume of previously uncollected articles, is basically a critique of Menry Miller. Its greatest fascination, perhaps, lies in the contrast it reveals between Orwell and Miller. Where Orwell devoted his full attention to the world of reality, Miller's trick was to turn his back on it--not denying, just ignoring it. In the midsection of the essay, Orwell digresses to give a superb pocket survey of twentieth century English literature...
Invitation to Learning (Sun. 11:35 a.m., CBS). Discussion of John Stuart Mill's essay On Liberty...
...prize is offered to graduate students for an original essay of at least 3,000 words in either Latin or Greek. It may be on any subject chosen by the competitor...
...Westbrook Poglor's palmier days, before the shadow of Franklin Roosevelt darkened the horizon, the fiery columnist wrote an essay entitled "Are Wrestlers People?" In his customary forthright way, Pegler concluded that any resemblance between "genus home" and "genus grappler" was in no way the fault of the wrestler...
Both brothers were precocious children. Allen's interest in foreign relations showed up at the age of eight, when he wrote an essay on the Boer War. "I hope the Boers will win the war," he concluded, "for the Boers are in the right and the British in the wrong." Grandfather John W. Foster (Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison) proudly had the work published, and to this day the 31-page pamphlet resides in some of the best U.S. libraries...