Montaigne in Motion

by Jean Starobinski

Book Overview

Educated in the humanities and trained in psychiatry, Jean Starobinski is a central figure in the Geneva School of criticism. His classic work, Montaigne in Motion, is a subtly conceived and elegantly written study of the Essais of Montaigne, whose deceptively plainspoken meditations have entranced readers and stimulated philosophers since their first publication in 1580 and 1595.

Here Starobinski offers a decidedly postmodern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226771318
• ISBN13: 9780226771311
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"