Essay
121The Spike (essay) — The Spike is a 1931 essay by George Orwell in which he details his experience staying overnight in a workhouse (colloquially known as a spike ) near London. This episode in Orwell s life took place while he was intentionally living as a vagrant… …
122Nadel Essay Prize — The Nadel Essay Prize is an award in the field of anthropology presented by the Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology for excellence in anthropological research, as exhibited in an essay published by the journal. The Prize commemorates the life… …
123First Essay for Orchestra — L’Essay for Orchestra (op. 12), achevé au milieu de 1938, est une œuvre pour orchestre en un mouvement de Samuel Barber. Il est créé par Arturo Toscanini et par l Orchestre symphonique de la NBC le 5 novembre 1938 à New York lors d un concert… …
124assay, essay — Assay means a test or to test : The chemist started to assay the mineral. Essay means to attempt, an attempt, or a literary effort : Will you essay this difficult task? This is a delightfully written essay …
125An Essay on Censorship — is a lengthy letter, in verse, by Anthony Burgess addressed to his fellow novelist Salman Rushdie. Published in the wake of the 1989 Iranian fatwa against Rushdie and the Bradford book burnings that followed, Burgess s letter has been compared to …
126The White Negro (essay) — The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster is an essay by Norman Mailer that recorded a wave of young white people in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s who liked jazz and swing music so much that they adopted black culture as their own. The …
127Herald of Freedom (essay) — Herald of Freedom was an essay by Henry David Thoreau published in The Dial in 1844 that praised Herald of Freedom , the journal of the New Hampshire Anti Slavery Society and its editor, Nathaniel P. Rogers. After Rogers died, Thoreau revised the …
128Stanhope essay prize — The Stanhope essay prize was an undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College, Oxford by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope in 1855.Notable winners include * Charles Harding Firth,1877 * George Arnold Wood, 1889 and * Vivian… …
