Order in Disorder Intratextual Symmetry in Montaigne’s “Essais” / Randolph Paul Runyon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Runyon, Randolph, 1947-

Contributor:

Project Muse, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symmetry in literature.

Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592. Essais--Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Introduction : marginal symmetry

Of means and ends: I: 1 and I: 57

The less said: I: 1 and I: 56

Something to hide: I: 3 and I: 55

Frivolous and vain: I: 4 and I: 54

In or out: I: 5 and I: 53

Trouble back home: I: 6 and I: 52

Words, in effect: I: 7 and I: 51

Of idleness and horses: I: 8 and I: 50

Lying, after a fashion: I: 9 and I: 49

Excess baggage: I: 10 and I: 48

Enough already: I: 11 and I: 47

Anagrams: I: 12 and I: 46

A waiting game: I: 13 and I: 45

More than one port in a storm: I: 14 and I: 44

Custom and princely grandeur: I: 15 and I: 43

Judging Julian judging: I: 16 and I: 42

Glory, given and taken: I: 17 and I: 41

Empty signs: I: 18 and I: 40

Prolonging life: I: 19 and I: 39

Unmasking masks: I: 20 and I: 38

Powers of attraction: I: 21 and I: 37

Complementarities and buried allusions: I: 22 and I: 36

Here and there: I: 23 and I: 35

How to paint a dog: I: 24 and I: 34

Well-nourished daughters: I: 25 and I: 33

God's wrath and the weather: I: 26 and I: 32

Things to come: I: 27 and I: 31

Of immoderation: I: 28 and I: 30

Sorting out the pieces: II: 1 and II: 37

Slipping it in: II: 2 and II: 36

Suicide is painless: II: 3 and II: 35

Caesar the procrastinator: II: 4 and II: 34

Suffering innocence: II: 5 and II: 33

Parallel deaths: II: 6 and II: 32

Rewards and punishments: II: 7 and II: 31

Hidden monsters: II: 8 and II: 30

Only when you need it: II: 9 and II: 29

Act your age: II: 10 and II: 28

Doubly cruel: II: 11 and II: 27

Opposable thumbs: II: 12 and II: 26

Eyes wide shut: II: 13 and II: 25

Equivalent equivalents: II: 14 and II: 24

Civil war vs. civil war: II: 15 and II: 23

Spreading the news: II: 16 and II: 22

Spitting images: II: 17 and II: 21

Consubstantial consubstantiality: II: 18 and II: 20

Distant harmonies: III: 1 and III: 13

Distant theft: III: 2 and III: 12

Intercourse with the lame: III: 3 and III: 11

The little things: III: 4 and III: 10

Sexual vanity, vain sex: III: 5 and III: 9

Borrowed wealth: III: 5 and III: 8

Journey to the center of the book: I: 29, II: 19, and III: 7

Epilogue: the playful text.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8142-7113-8

OCLC:

870177325

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access