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Mack, Peter (2016) Montaigne on reading. In: Desan, Philippe, (ed.) Oxford Handbook of Montaigne. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190215330
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Abstract
Montaigne’s wide and critical reading contributed enormously to his writing. that we know more about Montaigne’s reading than any other Renaissance author. This chapter begins by discussing the books Montaigne read and the comments he made on his reading. It argues that we should take seriously his advice to read in order to become wise, by discovering one’s own views, rather than to become learned, by summarizing the views of others. It describes Montaigne’s method of writing in reaction to his reading (especially the re-reading of his own text) by building fragments, such as axioms, proverbs, narratives and comparisons into logical sequences, using seven basic types of logical connection and the ways in which Montaigne uses quotations taken from history and poetry in the Essays, concluding with a discussion of the use of quotations in “Of vanity” (III, 9).
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) P Language and Literature > PQ Romance literatures |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 -- Criticism and interpretation | ||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
Place of Publication: | Oxford and New York | ||||
ISBN: | 9780190215330 | ||||
Book Title: | Oxford Handbook of Montaigne | ||||
Editor: | Desan, Philippe | ||||
Official Date: | February 2016 | ||||
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Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Copyright Holders: | Peter Mack |
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