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Friedrich considers the Montaigne of the Essays on of the first "moralists" in the French sense of the term, recording with anthropological fervor and in fresh, informal language the full spectrum of human thought and commerce as he saw it. Philippe Desan, who introduces this fine translation, commends Friedrich's holistic interpretation of Montaigne's unstructured creation, so often reduced by critics to its smallest fragments. Friedrich, says Desan, evokes "an epoch, distilled from accounts given by the best witness of the Renaissance."
Price: $34.95
Pages: 433
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
16 July 1991
ISBN: 9780520072534
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Introduction by Philippe Desan
Preface to the First Edition
Introductory Description of the Essais
Intellectual Inheritance and Education
Abased Man
Affirmed Man
The Self
Montaigne and Death
Montaigne's Wisdom
Montaigne's Literary Consciousness and the Form of the Essais
Notes
Index
Preface to the First Edition
Introductory Description of the Essais
Intellectual Inheritance and Education
Abased Man
Affirmed Man
The Self
Montaigne and Death
Montaigne's Wisdom
Montaigne's Literary Consciousness and the Form of the Essais
Notes
Index