Richard Scholar

Broschiertes Buch

Montaigne and the Art of Free-Thinking

Beschreibung

Education, religion, scepticism, politics, friendship, sex, and style - Montaigne's major themes are revealed here in the making of a text that practises freedom of thought by putting it to the test. This is an audacious close reading of the Essays and a demonstration of how Montaigne's great book continues to speak to the present.

Autor

Richard Scholar is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Oriel College. His previous books include The Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something and, as co-editor, Thinking with Shakespeare: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Essays.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 16520
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781906165208
• ISBN-10: 1906165203
• Artikelnr.: 26165774

Rezensionen

"Luminously clear, persuasive and thought-provoking." (Sarah Bakewell, author of 'How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer')
"In this accessible and attractively written literary companion to the thought of the 'Essais', Richard Scholar tells first-time readers all they need to know, while at the same time offering a bold new image of Montaigne as a writer committed to the adventure of free-thinking." (Terence Cave, author of 'How to Read Montaigne')
"Learned, rich in insights and always accessible, Scholar's book will appeal to seasoned readers of Montaigne as well as to those approaching the 'Essais' for the first time." (Mary B. McKinley, author of 'Words in a Corner: Studies in Montaigne's Latin Quotations')