03225nam 2200673Ia 450 991045412820332120200520144314.01-78138-647-11-84631-305-8(CKB)1000000000576133(EBL)380715(OCoLC)277091875(SSID)ssj0000149183(PQKBManifestationID)11149422(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149183(PQKBWorkID)10236227(PQKB)10553931(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127418(MiAaPQ)EBC380715(UkCbUP)CR9781781386477(Au-PeEL)EBL380715(CaPaEBR)ebr10369198(EXLCZ)99100000000057613320010611d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEssaying Montaigne[electronic resource] a study of the Renaissance institution of writing and reading /John O'Neill2nd ed.Liverpool Liverpool University Press20011 online resource (266 p.)Studies in social and political thought ;5Description based upon print version of record.0-85323-507-4 0-85323-996-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index.Title Page; Contents; Preface to the revised edition; To the Reader; 1: Society and Self-study: the Problem of Literary Authority; 2: Literary Anxiety and the Romance of Books; 3: Rival Readings; 4: Writing and Embodiment; 5: Reading and Temperament; 6: The Paradox of Communication: Reading the Essays Otherwise; 7: Portrait of the Essayist Without Qualities; 8: On Public and Private Life; 9: Civilisation, Literacy and Barbarism; 10: On Living and Dying as We Do; Notes; Bibliography; IndexJohn O'Neill reads Montaigne's Essays from their central principle of friendship as a communicative and pedagogical practice operative in society, literature and politics. The friendship between Montaigne and La Boétie was ruled neither by plenitude nor lack but by a capacity for recognition and transitivity. As an essayist Montaigne is an exemplary practitioner of a technique of difference and recognition that puts all certainties of history, philosophy and culture in the balance of weighted comparison. The essayist reveals how every absolute subjectivity or authority is shaken by its internaStudies in social and political thought ;5.Authors and readersFranceHistory16th centuryBooks and readingFranceHistory16th centuryFrench essaysHistory and criticismRenaissanceFranceElectronic books.Authors and readersHistoryBooks and readingHistoryFrench essaysHistory and criticism.Renaissance844.3O'Neill John1933-869828MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454128203321Essaying Montaigne1942120UNINA