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23%OFFMichel Montaigne - The Essays: A Selection (Penguin Classics) - 9780140446029 - V9780140446029
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The Essays: A Selection (Penguin Classics)

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Description for The Essays: A Selection (Penguin Classics) Paperback. To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. This title discusses Montaigne's themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, and coaches and cannibals. Editor(s): Screech, M. A. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 480 pages, index, summary of the symbols. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.

A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech in Penguin Classics.

To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write, and in the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, coaches and cannibals, and, above all, himself. On Some Lines of Virgil opens out into a frank discussion of sexuality and makes a revolutionary case for the equality of the sexes. In On Experience he superbly propounds his thoughts on the right way to live, while other essays touch on issues of an age struggling with religious and intellectual strife, with France torn apart by civil war. These diverse subjects are united by Montaigne's distinctive voice - that of a tolerant man, sceptical, humane, often humorous and utterly honest in his pursuit of the truth.

M.A. Screech's distinguished translation fully retains the light-hearted and inquiring nature of the essays. In his introduction, he examines Montaigne's life and times, and the remarkable self-portrait that emerges from his works.

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1586) studied law and spent a number of years working as a counsellor before devoting his life to reading, writing and reflection.

If you enjoyed The Essays: A Selection, you might like Francis Bacon's The Essays, also available in Penguin Classics.

Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140446029
SKU
V9780140446029
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About Michel Montaigne
Born in 1533, Montaigne studied law and spent a number of years working as a counsellor before devoting his life to reading, writing and reflection. He died in 1586. Dr M.A. Screech is regarded as the world's greatest authority on Montaigne.

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