The Matter of My Book: Montaigne's Essais as the Book of the SelfThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977. |
Contents
The Primacy of the Book | 67 |
The Range of Words | 94 |
Singularity and Substance | 124 |
The Life of the Mind | 149 |
On the Face of Things | 170 |
Words of Flesh and Blood | 198 |
Life and Art | 227 |
Notes | 251 |
Bibliography | 261 |
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The Matter of My Book: Montaigne's Essais as the Book of the Self Richard L. Regosin Limited preview - 2021 |
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The Matter of My Book: Montaigne's Essais as the Book of the Self Richard L. Regosin Limited preview - 1977 |
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