Familiar essay
14 December 2020
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Michael de Montaigne
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Who invented the familiar essay
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1500s, France
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When and where did the first familiar essays take place?
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J’essayais earvier mes pensĂ©s
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\”I try to write my thoughts\”
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Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quixote), Shakespeare, and Montagne
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Who were the contemporaries?
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Individual(personal), casual/conversational, universal themes-\”sparks a memory\” for the reader, literary/historical allusions, poetic prose(figures of speech), rambles (stories, vignette), whimsicle title
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What characteristics are in a familiar Essay?