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Through a series of readings of selected passages, this book explores the role of contradiction and incoherence in Montaigne's "Essais". The author argues that such internal differences are essential to a practice of writing that both defines and challenges the ideology of unity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rendall, Steven
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon ; Oxford University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
Montaigne, Michel de, > 1533-1592. > Essais.
Montaigne, Michel de, > 1533-1592 > Essais.
Montaigne, Michel de, > 1533-1592 > Critique et interprétation.
Essais (Montaigne, Michel de)
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de. > Essais.
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de.
French essays > History and criticism.
Essais français > Histoire et critique.
French essays.
Philosophie
Essais (Montaigne)
French prose > Essays
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Through a series of readings of selected passages, this book explores the role of contradiction and incoherence in Montaigne's "Essais". The author argues that such internal differences are essential to a practice of writing that both defines and challenges the ideology of unity.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 136 pages)
Format: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.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-134) and index.
ISBN:9780191672842
019167284X
9786610764570
6610764573
1280764570
9781280764578