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Condition:
ISBN:
9781400040216
EAN:
9781400040216
Book Title:
Complete Works of Michel De Montaigne : Introduction by Stuart Hampshire
Item Length:
8.3in.
Original Language:
French
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year:
2003
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Item Height:
2.5in.
Author:
Michel De Montaigne
Genre:
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, Philosophy
Topic:
Diaries & Journals, General, Movements / Humanism, Essays
Item Width:
5.4in.
Item Weight:
41.1 Oz
Number of Pages:
1392 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Humanist, skeptic, acute observer of himself and others, Michel de Montaigne (1533--92) was the first to use the term "essay" to refer to the form he pioneered, and he has remained one of its most famous practitioners. He reflected on the great themes of existence in his wise and engaging writings, his subjects ranging from proper conversation and good reading, to the raising of children and the endurance of pain, from solitude, destiny, time, and custom, to truth, consciousness, and death. Having stood the test of time, his essays continue to influence writers nearly five hundred years later. Also included in this complete edition of his works are Montaigne's letters and his travel journal, fascinating records of the experiences and contemplations that would shape and infuse his essays. Montaigne speaks to us always in a personal voice in which his virtues of tolerance, moderation, and understanding are dazzlingly manifest. Donald M. Frame's masterful translation is widely acknowledged to be the classic English version.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400040213
ISBN-13
9781400040216
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2307305
Product Key Features
Book Title
Complete Works of Michel De Montaigne : Introduction by Stuart Hampshire
Original Language
French
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Diaries & Journals, General, Movements / Humanism, Essays
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, Philosophy
Number of Pages
1392 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in.
Item Height
2.5in.
Item Width
5.4in.
Item Weight
41.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq1642.E5f7 2003
Reviews
"[For Montaigne,] talk-often continuous talk-stands at the top of the pyramid of all human activities . . . In their cultivated discontinuties, in their unexpected division into chapters, in their lightness of tone, in their allusiveness and their tumbling into anecdote and into historical gossip, his essays have brought writing as near as it can come to talk among friends." -from the Introduction by Stuart Hampshire "A faithful translation is rare; a translation which preserves intact the original text is very rare; a perfect translation of Montaigne appears impossible. Yet Donald Frame has realized this feat. One does not seem to be reading a translation, so smooth and easy is the sty≤ at each moment, one seems to be listening to Montaigne himself-the freshness of his ideas, the unexpected choice of words. Frame has kept everything." -NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, "A faithful translation is rare; a translation which preserves intact the original text is very rare; a perfect translation of Montaigne appears impossible. Yet Donald Frame has realized this feat. One does not seem to be reading a translation, so smooth and easy is the sty≤ at each moment, one seems to be listening to Montaigne himselfthe freshness of his ideas, the unexpected choice of words. Frame has kept everything." New York Times Book Review
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2003-269762
Dewey Decimal
844/.3
Series
Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
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