02720nam 2200481 a 450 991097257800332120241209132425.00-8203-4817-1(CKB)3710000000462563(MiAaPQ)EBC2169866(Au-PeEL)EBL2169866(CaPaEBR)ebr11091523(CaONFJC)MIL823966(OCoLC)918892682(EXLCZ)99371000000046256320141210h20152015 ub| 0engurun#|||uuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAfter Montaigne contemporary essayists cover the essays /edited by David Lazar and Patrick Madden1st ed.Athens University of Georgia Press20151 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8203-5137-7 0-8203-4815-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. To the Reader, Sincerely -- 2. Of Liars -- 3. Of the Education of Children -- 4. Of Prayers -- 5. Of Thumbs -- 6. Of Smells -- 7. Of Cannibals -- 8. How the Soul Discharges Its Emotions Against False Objects When Lacking Real Ones -- 9. Of Constancy -- 10. Of Giving the Lie -- 11. Of Friendship -- 12. Of Idleness -- 13. Against Idleness -- 14. Of the Affection of Fathers for Their Children -- 15. Of Wearing My Red Dress [after "Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes"] -- 16. Of the Power of the Imagination -- 17. That Our Mind Hinders Itself -- 18. Of Books and Huecos -- 19. Of Diversion -- 20. Of Sex, Embarrassment, and the Miseries of Old Age [after "On Some Verses of Virgil"] -- 21. Of Sleep -- 22. Of the Inconvenience of Greatness -- 23. Of Solitude -- 24. Of Age -- 25. Of Practice -- 26. The Ceremony of the Interview of Princes -- 27. We Can Savour Nothing Pure -- 28. Experience Necessary -- Notes -- A Note on the Translations -- Contributors -- Index.Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533-92).But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored.American essays21st centuryAmerican essays814/.6Lazar David1957-1635261Madden Patrick1971-1675953Montaigne Michel de1533-1592.172668MiAaPQtBOOK9910972578003321After Montaigne4415259UNINA