As a literary form, the essay is like a plastic cow–a transparent cow–with organs and bones that do not seem to fit together but in the end lead to a satisfying whole, well, cow. Not really says Cristina Nehring on Whats Wrong With the American Essay: “If we must compare the essay to a beast, let us compare it rather to a wildcat. Let us give it back its tooth and nail, its fangs and claws; let us allow it to take risks, to pretend it has nine lives. Let us enfranchise it to disturb us. It is not Orleans incarcerated cow we need today, but Rilkes panther breaking the bars of his cage.”
Cristina Nehring on What’s Wrong With the American Essay
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As a literary form, the essay is like a plastic cow–a transparent cow–with organs and bones that do not seem to fit together but in the end lead to a satisfying whole, well, cow. Not really says Cristina Nehring on Whats Wrong With the American Essay: “If we must compare the essay to a beast, let us compare it rather to a wildcat. Let us give it back its tooth and nail, its fangs and claws; let us allow it to take risks, to pretend it has nine lives. Let us enfranchise it to disturb us. It is not Orleans incarcerated cow we need today, but Rilkes panther breaking the bars of his cage.”