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mahedi
mahedi
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What is Francis Bacon's style of writing?

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Posted by mahedi on Monday November 17, 2008 at 9:37 AM and tagged with francis bacon, style, themes, writing.

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  1. danylyshen Teacher
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    If you're asking for a quick response which describes Bacon's meditative prose, then one could say that Bacon writes short, intense, analytical meditations that focus on one subject mostly. Bacon is one of the pioneer English essayists who specialized in short, meditative essays. "Of Studies," for example, is one of his famous works which seeks to explain with precision, wit, and intelligence what constitutes a studious intellect and the various benefits of studying such things as poetry, mathematics, history, etc.  These essays are a far cry from what essays have now become since Bacon's essays rarely if ever contain quotations and a distinctive seperation of the argument into "body paragraphs" that we see in modern composition and writer's craft courses. I hope this helps since I wasn't quite sure of what you were looking for in your question. 

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    Posted by danylyshen on Tuesday November 18, 2008 at 6:53 PM