ROBERT LYND AS AN ESSAYIST
Robert Lynd is one of the greatest
essayists of the 20th century. His contribution to the English prose is
memorable. As an essayist he followed the footsteps of Goldsmith, Charles Lamb
and R. L. Stevenson.
Robert Lynd wrote charming and
delightful essays. His essays cover a wide range of topics. He could easily
write on any subject. His essays deal with human fades and follies. He
considered even ordinary and familiar aspects of life as fit subject matter for
his essays.
Robert Lynd is a personal and
autobiographical essayist. His essays reveal his personality, his humour, his
light-heartedness, his philosophical, reflective and retrospective moods. In
his essays he recalls his early memories. It was he who gained sympathy and
affection of his readers. Whatever be the subject, he gave personal touch to
his essays.
Humour, irony and satire are some
important features of his essays. Robert Lynd is loved for his delightful
humour. According to him humour is one of the saving graces of life. It is the
support and sustenance of life. Robert Lynd is a master of irony and satire
also. He is ranked as a gentle satirist. He beautifully exposes the frailties
and foibles of mankind.
Lynd's beautiful essay 'Noises' deals
with noises in our life and man's attitude towards them. This essay is marked
by a subtle sense of humour and irony. Here the essayist has taken a very
familiar topic and has used a very delicate humour. Thus the subject matter of
this essay has become very interesting.
Robert Lynd's style is easy, graceful
and lively. His language is beautiful and dignified throughout. It has no
purple patches, no heightening of colour. Thus Lynd's style is elegant. Lynd
never deviates from the main topic. Thus cohesion and unity of thought are the
marked features of his style. In his essays we find unity of thought, felicity
of diction, spontaneity of utterance and conversational ease. The words used in
his essays are colloquial.
Thus Robert Lynd is a very great
essayist. His contribution to the modern English prose is memorable.
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