| Montaigne Contributor(s): Friedrich, Hugo (Author), Desan, Philippe (Editor), Eng, Dawn (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0520072537 ISBN-13: 9780520072534 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1991 Annotation: 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." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | European - General |
| Dewey: 844.3 |
| LCCN: 90-47726 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.97" W x 8.95" (1.38 lbs) 433 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |
