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I'm looking for examples of well-written essays. Does anyone here have a top 10 list?

>> No.3133546

>>3133500
No. Try browsing JSTOR and the Cambridge catalogues.

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>> No.3133576

>>3133560

Her ideas are good, sure, but her writing style is clunky and often unclear. Don't know why in the world anybody would bring up Arendt as an example of good prose...

>> No.3133583

Borges - The Total Library: Non-Fiction 1922-1986

>> No.3133591

>>3133500
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Consider The Lobster
Both Flesh And Not

>> No.3133598

>>3133500
>Does anyone here have a top 10 list?

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/54337-the-top-10-essays-
since-1950.html

>> No.3133625

>>3133576
>Well-written
>Good prose
>Clear writing
>Deep subject matter fully analyzed
I think our need for categorization can go too far sometimes.
She wrote some damn good essays. That is all.