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Language and human action : conceptions of language in the Essais of Montaigne
- Title
- Language and human action : conceptions of language in the Essais of Montaigne / R.A. Watson.
- Author
- Watson, R. A., 1952-
- Publication
- New York : P. Lang, ©1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- 97 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Certainly the most elaborate single extant monument of Renaissance French prose literature, Michel de Montaigne's Essais presents a subject matter that often discusses and analyzes concepts of language in general as well as language as a vehicle of its own expression.
- This study addresses the author's exploration of the dedalus of language as he ambles and rambles its roads, streets, and alleys; draws the portrait of his philosophy of language or philology; and concludes his affirmative and positivistic attitude toward language and its literary application or the art and artistry of literature.
- The great Renaissance humanist's depiction of language in the Essais is analyzed in this book on the basis of its division among intellectual, moral, and aesthetic aspects. This threefold reduction, finding its derivation in the critical work of Aristotle, Auerbach, and Bowen, is also related to the few particular and the important general critical studies of Montaigne and his vision and use, creation and re-creation of language.
- Series Statement
- Studies in the humanities ; v. 12
- Uniform Title
- Studies in the humanities (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 12.
- Subject
- Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592
- Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 > Knowledge > Language and languages
- Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592
- Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de 1533-1592
- Montaigne, Michel Eyquem{de
- Essais (Montaigne, Michel de)
- Essais
- French essays > History and criticism
- Act (Philosophy) in literature
- French essays
- Language and languages
- Sprache
- Sprachphilosophie
- Sprachtheorie
- French essays > 16th century > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- English, French and German.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-97)
- Contents
- I. The Language of Intellectual Action: The Attempt at a Statement of Truth -- II. The Language of Ethical Action: The Expression of Truth -- III. The Language of Esthetic Action: The Appearance of Truth.
- ISBN
- 0820419877
- 9780820419879
- LCCN
- 93000467
- OCLC
- ocm27640618
- 27640618
- SCSB-9137586
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library