The Essays: A Selection

by Michel de Montaigne and William Hazlitt

Book Overview

A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech in Penguin Classics. To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write, and in the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140446028
• ISBN13: 9780140446029
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher