
Montaigne
Hugo Friedrich(Author)
Philippe Desan(Editor)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 16. July 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
433 pages
978-0-520-07253-4 (ISBN)
Description
Friedrich considers the "Montaigne of the Essays" on of the first 'moralists' in the French sense of the term, recording with anthropological fervor and in fresh, informal language the full spectrum of human thought and commerce as he saw it. Philippe Desan, who introduces this fine translation, commends Friedrich's holistic interpretation of "Montaigne"'s unstructured creation, so often reduced by critics to its smallest fragments. Friedrich, says Desan, evokes 'an epoch, distilled from accounts given by the best witness of the Renaissance'.
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
771 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-07253-4 (9780520072534)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Introduction by Philippe Desan
Preface to the First Edition
Introductory Description of the Essais
Intellectual Inheritance and Education
Abased Man
Affirmed Man
The Self
Montaigne and Death
Montaigne's Wisdom
Montaigne's Literary Consciousness and the Form of the Essais
Notes
Index
Preface to the First Edition
Introductory Description of the Essais
Intellectual Inheritance and Education
Abased Man
Affirmed Man
The Self
Montaigne and Death
Montaigne's Wisdom
Montaigne's Literary Consciousness and the Form of the Essais
Notes
Index