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Montaigne : a very short introduction / William M. Hamlin.
LIBRA PQ1643 .H26 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamlin, William M., 1957- author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592. Essais.
- Montaigne, Michel de.
- French essays--History and criticism.
- French essays.
- Essais (Montaigne, Michel de).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "We know Montaigne today as the author of a single, extraordinary book: the Essays. It is a book like no other. People have considered it an autobiography, a philosophical treatise, and even a Renaissance self-help manual on how to live, but it is none of these. To be sure, it offers profound meditations on social and ethical questions, and it presents one of the most candid self-portraits ever written-a portrait rich in insight about sanity and peace of mind"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Writing oneself
- Montaigne's life : a sketch
- Learning for living
- Friendship, family, love
- Free and sociable solitude
- America
- Providential diversity
- Skepticism
- Death and the good life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Montaigne: a very short introduction
- ISBN:
- 9780190848774
- 0190848774
- OCLC:
- 1141917822
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