After Montaigne: Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays

by Bret Lott, Marcia Aldrich, Elena Passarello, et al.

Book Overview

Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533-92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne--a collection of twenty-four new personal essays intended as tribute--aims to correct this collective lapse of memory and introduce modern readers and writers to their stylistic forebear.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820348155
• ISBN13: 9780820348155
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"