After Montaigne : contemporary essayists cover the essays / / edited by David Lazar and Patrick Madden
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| Titolo: |
After Montaigne : contemporary essayists cover the essays / / edited by David Lazar and Patrick Madden
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 2015 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 814/.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | American essays - 21st century |
| Altri autori: |
LazarDavid <1957->
MaddenPatrick <1971->
MontaigneMichel de <1533-1592.>
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | After Montaigne |
| ISBN: | 0-8203-4817-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910972578003321 |
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