A SALLY ON THE ESSAY
A SALLY ON THE ESSAY It is too hard to define an essay, not of course so hard to understand the definitions. Working on definitions is a great quality of work. The term 'essay' has been defined from various angles from time to time. Thus we have a large stock of praiseworthy definitions. Dr. Johnson defines the essay ," a loose Sally of the mind, an irregular undigested piece, not a regular and orderly performance." According to Hudson, " The essay may be regarded roughly as a composition on any topic, the chief negative features of which are comparative brevity and the comparative want of exhaustiveness." Hallward and Hill patiently has made us recognised as ' not merely a short analysis of subject, not a mere epitome, but rather a picture of writer's mind, as affected for the moment, by subject, with which he is dealing." On the other hand, if we see and check the etymological meaning of the word, 'essay' is found to be ...