On essays : Montaigne to the present /
Montaigne called it a ramble; Chesterton the joke of literature; and Hume an ambassador between the worlds of learning and of conversation. But what is an essay, and how did it emerge as a literary form? What are the continuities and contradictions across its history, from Montaigne's 1580 Essa...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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