Who of the following did the critic Hugh Walker Call 'The Prince among English Essayists'?
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A.
Francis Bacon
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B.
Joseph Addison
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C.
Charles Lamb
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D.
Oliver Goldsmith
Correct Answer:
C. Charles Lamb
Explanation:
Charles Lamb is famously designated as the Prince of English Essayists by critic Hugh Walker. In his work, Walker describes Lamb as the essayist par excellence and a model for the genre. While other writers like Bacon or Addison displayed massive genius or scholarly lucidity, Lamb is distinguished by his unmatched ability to charm readers through a personal, familiar, and self-revelatory style that transformed the English essay into a more intimate literary form.
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