The matter of my book : Montaigne's Essais as the book of the self / Richard L. Regosin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Regosin, Richard L., 1937- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French essays--History and criticism.

French essays.

Self in literature.

Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592. Essais.

Montaigne, Michel de.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1977]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Friendship and Literature

2. The Space Occupied and the Time Lived

3. The Rhetoric of Humility

4. The Primacy of the Book

5. The Range of Words

6. Singularity and Substance

7. The Life of the Mind

8. On the Face of Things

9. Words of Flesh and Blood

10. Life and Art

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Index of Essays

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520327696

0520327691

OCLC:

1149468440