After Montaigne : contemporary essayists cover the essays / edited by David Lazar and Patrick Madden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lazar, David, 1957-

Madden, Patrick, 1971-

Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592--Influence.

Montaigne, Michel de.

American essays--21st century.

American essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2015.

Summary:

Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533-92).But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. To the Reader, Sincerely

2. Of Liars

3. Of the Education of Children

4. Of Prayers

5. Of Thumbs

6. Of Smells

7. Of Cannibals

8. How the Soul Discharges Its Emotions Against False Objects When Lacking Real Ones

9. Of Constancy

10. Of Giving the Lie

11. Of Friendship

12. Of Idleness

13. Against Idleness

14. Of the Affection of Fathers for Their Children

15. Of Wearing My Red Dress [after "Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes"]

16. Of the Power of the Imagination

17. That Our Mind Hinders Itself

18. Of Books and Huecos

19. Of Diversion

20. Of Sex, Embarrassment, and the Miseries of Old Age [after "On Some Verses of Virgil"]

21. Of Sleep

22. Of the Inconvenience of Greatness

23. Of Solitude

24. Of Age

25. Of Practice

26. The Ceremony of the Interview of Princes

27. We Can Savour Nothing Pure

28. Experience Necessary

Notes

A Note on the Translations

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-8203-4817-1

OCLC:

918892682