Montaigne's Politics: Authority and Governance in the Essais

by Biancamaria Fontana

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Michel de Montaigne (1533-92) is principally known today as a literary figure--the inventor of the modern essay and the pioneer of autobiographical self-exploration who retired from politics in midlife to write his private, philosophical, and apolitical Essais. But, as Biancamaria Fontana argues in Montaigne's Politics, a novel, vivid account of the political meaning of the Essais in the context of Montaigne's life and times,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691131228

ISBN13:9780691131221

Release Date:January 2008

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy

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