Frank, you may not agree with me, but I suspect the "blog-o-sphere" will be the environment for the new essayists. As print media and the Internet evolve so rapidly in their different directions, essayists would be wise to capitalize on the enormous audience available through Internet publications and blogs. One can only imagine how Emerson, Montaigne, Orwell, and other notable essayists would have used this "brave new world" of "publishing" to marvelous advantage.
I think the blog format has already caused a Renaissance in essay-writing. It read more actual essays, of whatever length, of whatever topic, online now than ever before. I often prefer general essays, or personal essays, rather than targeted essays; but great essay writing is going on all the time now.
My entire Dragoncave blog was begun as a place to store finished essays. It's become more than that now, of course, but it still does that, too.
Frank, you may not agree with me, but I suspect the "blog-o-sphere" will be the environment for the new essayists. As print media and the Internet evolve so rapidly in their different directions, essayists would be wise to capitalize on the enormous audience available through Internet publications and blogs. One can only imagine how Emerson, Montaigne, Orwell, and other notable essayists would have used this "brave new world" of "publishing" to marvelous advantage.
ReplyDeleteActually, R.T., I agree with you completely.
ReplyDeleteI think the blog format has already caused a Renaissance in essay-writing. It read more actual essays, of whatever length, of whatever topic, online now than ever before. I often prefer general essays, or personal essays, rather than targeted essays; but great essay writing is going on all the time now.
ReplyDeleteMy entire Dragoncave blog was begun as a place to store finished essays. It's become more than that now, of course, but it still does that, too.
I'm quite sure I'm not alone in this.