Research Catalog

Essays

Title

Essays / Michel de Montaigne ; translated by M.A. Screech.

Author

Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592

Publication

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Additional Authors

Screech, M. A. (Michael Andrew)

Description

viii, 454 pages : illustrations; 31 cm.

Summary

Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Michel de Montaigne pioneered the modern essay form. This edition contains all of his idiosyncratic and timeless writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, the importance of sleep and why we sometimes laugh and cry at the same things. The essays are among the most striking and personal works in all literature, which continue to give pleasure and enlightenment to modern readers. Montaigne's complete Essays, translated by Michael Screech, are presented here as a beautifully produced, luxury hardback. This oversize volume is bound in high-quality rich blue cloth and embellished with gold foil stamped into the design.
Literature.
Essays.

Series Statement

Penguin classics.

Uniform Title

Alternative Title

Michel De Montaigne ESSAIS.

Subject

Genre/Form

Translations.

Note

This revised edition first published as The complete essays in Penguin Classics in 2003.
This is an English version of an original design by Franz Greno for a special edition of the series Die Andere Bibliothek, wich was first published in Berlin 1998 under the title Michel De Montaigne ESSAIS, edited by Hans Mangnus Enzenberger.

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Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library