| Titre : | The essays : a selection | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Michel De Montaigne ; M. A. Screech, Traducteur | | Editeur : | London [England] : Penguin Books | | Année de publication : | 2004 | | Importance : | xxx, 445 p. | | Présentation : | ill.,couv.en coul | | Format : | 20 cm | | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-14-044602-9 | | Note générale : | This selection first published: Penguin, 1993. Reprinted with a new chronology, 2004. | | Langues : | Anglais | | Catégories : | LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:429 Old english ; LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature
| | Mots-clés : | French essays | | Résumé : | To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. 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 Montaigne 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. |
The essays : a selection [texte imprimé] / Michel De Montaigne ; M. A. Screech, Traducteur . - London (England) : Penguin Books, 2004 . - xxx, 445 p. : ill.,couv.en coul ; 20 cm. ISBN : 978-0-14-044602-9 This selection first published: Penguin, 1993. Reprinted with a new chronology, 2004. Langues : Anglais | Catégories : | LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:429 Old english ; LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature
| | Mots-clés : | French essays | | Résumé : | To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. 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 Montaigne 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. |
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