LEADER 02720nam 2200481 a 450 001 9910972578003321 005 20241209132425.0 010 $a0-8203-4817-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000462563 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2169866 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2169866 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11091523 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL823966 035 $a(OCoLC)918892682 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000462563 100 $a20141210h20152015 ub| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#|||uuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAfter Montaigne $econtemporary essayists cover the essays /$fedited by David Lazar and Patrick Madden 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cUniversity of Georgia Press$d2015 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8203-5137-7 311 08$a0-8203-4815-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $aWriters 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. 606 $aAmerican essays$y21st century 615 0$aAmerican essays 676 $a814/.6 701 $aLazar$b David$f1957-$01635261 701 $aMadden$b Patrick$f1971-$01675953 701 $aMontaigne$b Michel de$f1533-1592.$0172668 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972578003321 996 $aAfter Montaigne$94415259 997 $aUNINA