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Author Green, Felicity, 1984-

Title Montaigne and the Life of Freedom.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (272 pages).
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Series Ideas in Context
Ideas in context.
Contents Cover; MONTAIGNE AND THE LIFE OF FREEDOM; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conventions; Texts; Transcriptions; Translations; Gender; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Freedom and the essai; I; II; III; IV; V; CHAPTER 2: Languages of the self: Montaigne's classical inheritance; I; II; III; IV; V; CHAPTER 3: Self-possession, public engagement and slavery; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; CHAPTER 4: Oysiveté and nonchalance: Liberty as carelessness; I; II; III; IV; V; CHAPTER 5: The art of self-management; I; II; III; IV; Conclusion; Bibliography; PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; Index.
Summary A new interpretation of the Essais, situating Montaigne's project of self-study in the context of a broader commitment to liberty.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592.
Criticism and interpretation.
Liberty in literature.
Liberty in literature.
Self in literature.
Self in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Green, Felicity. Montaigne and the Life of Freedom. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107024397
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