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Essaying Montaigne: A Study of the Renaissance Institution of Writing and Reading [International Library of Phenomenology and Moral Sciences].
by O'Neill, John
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780710009371
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), owner's written name. 244 pp. Canadian academic sociologist assesses Michel de Montaigne's classic "Essays". He regards the "Essays" as an exercise of the literary body, funding the joy of reading and writing. The "Essays" are works of friendship and family, and he rejects theories of literary alienation fostered by Marx and Freud.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13806
- Title
- Essaying Montaigne: A Study of the Renaissance Institution of Writing and Reading [International Library of Phenomenology and Moral Sciences].
- Author
- O'Neill, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0710009372
- ISBN 13
- 9780710009371
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- history, renaissance, literature criticism, literature classics, essays, writing, reading, montaigne, europe, france
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...