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| Named Person: | Michel de Montaigne; Michel de Montaigne; Michel Eyquem de Montaigne; Michel de (1533-1592) Montaigne; Michel de Montaigne |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Craig Brush |
| ISBN: | 0823215504 9780823215508 |
| OCLC Number: | 29517505 |
| Description: | 321 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | by Craig B. Brush. |
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Abstract:
In 1580 Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) presented a literary project to the public the type of which had never before been introduced - a collection of Essays with himself as subject. Never before had a writer attempted a literary self-portrait, and in so doing Montaigne named and defined a new literary form, the essay. Brush's critical study of the Essays examines the complex process of writing a self-portrait, showing the ways in which it is an entirely different enterprise from writing autobiography. The author discusses how Montaigne revealed his "mind in motion," and the most remarkable feature of that mind, skepticism. He treats Montaigne's development of a conversational voice and explicates how Montaigne's intense self-examination became an evolutionary process which had consequences in his life and literature. The work concludes with a discussion of how Montaigne's self-assigned task of introspection included the formation of a view of humanity and its ethics. Brush's work fills a gap in scholarship by critically examining the essential loci of the Essays, namely, the creation of a literary self-portrait. Montaigne's works are cited in English translation, and the subject is presented in terms accessible to the non-specialist.
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- Montaigne, Michel de, -- 1533-1592. -- Essais.
- French essays -- History and criticism.
- Self in literature.
- Zelfportretten.
- Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
- Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de -- Essais
- Autobiographie
- Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592). -- Les essais.
- Montaigne, Michel de -- (1533-1592) -- Critique et interprétation.
- Autobiographie.
- Moi -- Dans la littérature.
