| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 264 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in social and political thought ; 5
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Studies in social and political thought ; 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index. |
| Summary |
John ONeill reads Montaignes Essays from their central principle of friendship as a communicative and pedagogical practice operative in society, literature and politics. The friendship between Montaigne and La Botie was ruled neither by plenitude nor lack but by a capacity for recognition and transitivity. As an essayist Montaigne is an exemplary practitioner of a technique of difference and recognition that puts all certainties of history, philosophy and culture in the balance of weighted comparison. The essayist reveals how every absolute subjectivity or authority is shaken by its internal weakness once we move inside the contrastive structure of domination in politics, gender and race. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Contents; Preface to the revised edition; To the Reader; 1: Society and Self-study: the Problem of Literary Authority; 2: Literary Anxiety and the Romance of Books; 3: Rival Readings; 4: Writing and Embodiment; 5: Reading and Temperament; 6: The Paradox of Communication: Reading the Essays Otherwise; 7: Portrait of the Essayist Without Qualities; 8: On Public and Private Life; 9: Civilisation, Literacy and Barbarism; 10: On Living and Dying as We Do; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592. Essais.
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Essais (Montaigne, Michel de) |
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Montaigne, Michel Eyquem{de. |
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Essais 1,26. |
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Authors and readers -- France -- History -- 16th century.
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Authors and readers. |
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France. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
Books and reading -- France -- History -- 16th century.
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Books and reading. |
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French essays -- History and criticism.
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French essays. |
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Renaissance -- France.
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Renaissance. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1599 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Neill, John, 1933- Essaying Montaigne. 2nd ed. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2001 0853239967 (OCoLC)47149461 |
| ISBN |
9781846313059 (electronic book) |
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1846313058 (electronic book) |
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9780853239963 |
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0853239967 (cased) |
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0853235074 (paperback) |
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9780853235071 (paperback) |
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