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Understanding and Appreciation of the Essay

Wallace House with the University Players
Understanding and Appreciation of the Essay In this instructional guide to the essay, theatre professor Wallace House and the University Players explore the essay’s place in the canon of literary forms. Using narrated excerpts from a broad range of famous essays, the art of the form is illustrated and its development through history is explained. The script, written by Morris Schreiber, quotes from literary giants including Thoreau, Montaigne, Plato, Turgenev, and Orwell. An imagined meeting of publishing company staff developing an anthology of great modern essayists allows the editors to debate the merits of more recent masters of the form, including H.L. Mencken, Walter Lippmann, and Virginia Woolf. Liner notes include a complete transcript.

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Wallace House with the University Players
11:13
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Wallace House with the University Players
08:09
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Wallace House with the University Players
10:19
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Wallace House with the University Players
03:43
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Wallace House with the University Players
12:18
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Wallace House with the University Players
02:42