Montaigne's Politics: Authority and Governance in the Essais

by Biancamaria Fontana

Michel de Montaigne (1533-92) is principally known today as a literary figure--the inventor of the modern essay and the pioneer of autobiographical self-exploration who retired from politics in midlife to write his private, philosophical, and apolitical Essais. But, as Biancamaria Fontana argues in Montaigne's Politics, a novel, vivid account of the political meaning of the Essais in the context of Montaigne's life and times,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691131228
• ISBN13: 9780691131221
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"