Montaigne in motion

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Montaigne in motion

Jean Starobinski ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer

University of Chicago Press, c1985

  • hbk.
  • pbk. : cover

Other Title

Montaigne en mouvement

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Montaigne en mouvement

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Translation of: Montaigne en mouvement

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Educated in the humanities and trained in psychiatry, Jean Starobinski is a central figure in the Geneva School of criticism. His classic work, "Montaigne in Motion", is a subtly conceived and elegantly written study of the "Essais of Montaigne", whose deceptively plainspoken meditations have entranced readers and stimulated philosophers since their first publication in 1580. Here Starobinski offers a decidedly postmodern reading of Montaigne. In chapters dealing with the themes of public and private life, friendship, death, the body, and love, Starobinski reveals much that will remind us that Montaigne's thought is as apropos to our time as it was to his own.

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  • NCID
    BA01468260
  • ISBN
    • 0226771296
    • 0226771318
  • LCCN
    85001026
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    Chicago
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 348 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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