On occasion: the essay's moment
This essay argues that the essay is written under the sign of occasion. The allegorical figure of Occasio, known in Greek as Kairos, figured the moment of opportunity which must be seized for success in rhetoric, politics, and life; failure to grasp the occasion leads to Metanoia, or regret. The fir...
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Edinburgh University Press
2024
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| author | Murphy, K |
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| description | This essay argues that the essay is written under the sign of occasion. The allegorical figure
of Occasio, known in Greek as Kairos, figured the moment of opportunity which must be
seized for success in rhetoric, politics, and life; failure to grasp the occasion leads to
Metanoia, or regret. The first sections show how the early essayists Michel de Montaigne,
Francis Bacon, and Robert Boyle shaped the essay as an occasional genre. The final sections
turn to the contemporary writer and photographer Teju Cole, to show how photography
engages with the decisive moment of Occasio, and how Cole’s ‘lyric essay’ Blind Spot,
composed of texts and photographs, reinscribes the themes of occasion, seizure, and regret
which animated the early essay. |
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| institution | University of Oxford |
| language | English |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ad5eb41a-8e50-4420-ba71-645f6b11dd252024-04-02T12:38:36ZOn occasion: the essay's momentJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ad5eb41a-8e50-4420-ba71-645f6b11dd25EnglishSymplectic ElementsEdinburgh University Press2024Murphy, KThis essay argues that the essay is written under the sign of occasion. The allegorical figure of Occasio, known in Greek as Kairos, figured the moment of opportunity which must be seized for success in rhetoric, politics, and life; failure to grasp the occasion leads to Metanoia, or regret. The first sections show how the early essayists Michel de Montaigne, Francis Bacon, and Robert Boyle shaped the essay as an occasional genre. The final sections turn to the contemporary writer and photographer Teju Cole, to show how photography engages with the decisive moment of Occasio, and how Cole’s ‘lyric essay’ Blind Spot, composed of texts and photographs, reinscribes the themes of occasion, seizure, and regret which animated the early essay. |
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