Becoming a Great Essayist Season 1 Episode 18

Becoming a Great Essayist Season 1 Episode 18 The Essayist as Public Intellectual

  • TV-PG
  • November 1, 2016
  • 32 min

While public intellectual essays don€™t step outside personal reflection, they do grapple with social issues, often myth-busting popular beliefs. This style of writing is distinct from a portrait or lyric essay. Professor Cognard-Black demonstrates this difference through her own examples and those of well-known public intellectuals, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Salman Rushdie.

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  • First Aired
    November 1, 2016
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    32 min
  • Language
    English
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