The School of Montaigne in Early Modern Europe: Volume Two: The Reader-Writer

Synopsis

This Major Two-volume Study Offers An Interdisciplinary Analysis Of Montaigne's Essais And Their Fortunes In Early Modern Europe And The Modern Western University. Volume One Focuses On Contexts From Within Montaigne's Own Milieu, And On The Ways In Which His Book Made Him A Patron-author Or Instant Classic In The Eyes Of His Editor Marie De Gournay And His Promoter Justus Lipsius. Volume Two Focuses On The Reader-writers Across Europe Who Used The Essais To Make Their Own Works, From Corrected Editions And Translations In Print, To Life-writing And Personal Records In Manuscript. V. 1. The Patron-author -- V.2. The Reader-writer. Warren Boutcher. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.