“Genres have a history and impose a historical character upon the writer. What is interesting in the poem involves a certain kind of dramatization of the self that you don't have to engage in in the essay. In fact, the essay is a more social medium than the poem.” KindSelfCharacterFactsCertainSocialInterestingHistoricalMediumsGenreEssays Author:Vijay Seshadri
“I could say that in the essay, as it has developed historically, success is determined by the writer's ability to express, through an individual voice, a collective experience - you are speaking individually but you are representing collectively.” IndividualVoiceAbilityDeterminedCollectivesEssaysRepresenting Author:Vijay Seshadri
