Description: Essays : A Selection, Paperback by Montaigne, Michel De; Screech, M. A. (TRN), ISBN 0140446028, ISBN-13 9780140446029, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaignes most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by . 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 Montaignes distinctive voice - that of a tolerant man, sceptical, humane, often humorous and utterly honest in his pursuit of the truth. . Screechs distinguished translation fully retains the light-hearted and inquiring nature of the essays. In his introduction, he examines Montaignes life and times, and the remarkable self-portrait that emerges from his works. Michel de Montaigne (1) 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 Bacons The Essays, also available in Penguin Classics.
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Book Title: Essays : a Selection
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1994
Item Height: 1.1 in
Topic: European / French, History & Surveys / Renaissance, Movements / Humanism, Essays
Features: Revised
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Genre: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 11.7 Oz
Author: Michel De Montaigne
Item Length: 7.8 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
