Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Essay
- The Cambridge Companion to the Essay
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology: 440 Years of Essays
- Introduction
- Part I Forms of the Essay
- Part II The Work of the Essay
- Part III Technologies of the Essay
- 13 The Essay and the Novel
- 14 Lyric, Essay
- 15 The Photograph as Essay
- 16 The Essay Film
- 17 The Essay Online
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …?
13 - The Essay and the Novel
from Part III - Technologies of the Essay
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2022
- The Cambridge Companion to the Essay
- The Cambridge Companion to the Essay
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology: 440 Years of Essays
- Introduction
- Part I Forms of the Essay
- Part II The Work of the Essay
- Part III Technologies of the Essay
- 13 The Essay and the Novel
- 14 Lyric, Essay
- 15 The Photograph as Essay
- 16 The Essay Film
- 17 The Essay Online
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …?
Summary
This chapter argues that generic distinctions between the essay and the novel have historically been difficult to preserve, with many of the supposedly identifying features of each genre applying in practice to the other. The author surveys work by writers including Milan Kundera, Robert Musil, Zadie Smith, and Virginia Woolf.
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- The Cambridge Companion to The Essay , pp. 199 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022