
Language and Human Action
Conceptions of Language in the "Essais</I> of Montaigne
Richard A. Watson(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Will be published approx. on 1. January 1997
Book
Hardback
97 pages
978-0-8204-1987-9 (ISBN)
Description
Certainly the most elaborate single extant monument of Renaissance French prose literature, Michel de Montaigne's Essais presents a subject matter that often discusses and analyzes concepts of language in general as well as language as a vehicle of its own expression. This study addresses the author's exploration of the dedalus of language as he ambles and rambles its roads, streets, and alleys; draws the portrait of his philosophy of language or philology; and concludes his affirmative and positivistic attitude toward language and its literary application or the art and artistry of literature.
The great Renaissance humanist's depiction of language in the Essais is analyzed in this book on the basis of its division among intellectual, moral, and aesthetic aspects. This threefold reduction, finding its derivation in the critical work of Aristotle, Auerbach, and Bowen, is also related to the few particular and the important general critical studies of Montaigne and his vision and use, creation and re-creation of language.
The great Renaissance humanist's depiction of language in the Essais is analyzed in this book on the basis of its division among intellectual, moral, and aesthetic aspects. This threefold reduction, finding its derivation in the critical work of Aristotle, Auerbach, and Bowen, is also related to the few particular and the important general critical studies of Montaigne and his vision and use, creation and re-creation of language.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 16 cm
Width: 23 cm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-1987-9 (9780820419879)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: R. A. Watson is Library Technical Specialist at Illinois State Library in Springfield. A native of Illinois, he was granted his B.A. cum laude by the University of Notre Dame and his A.M., M.S., and Ph.D. by the University of Illinois. A member of the American Association of Teachers of French, the American Association of Teachers of German, the American Library Association, and the Modern Language Association of America, he has taught at the University of Illinois and Southwest Missouri State University.