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Montaigne published the first two volumes of his Essais in 1580, printed by Simon Millanges [] in Bordeaux. [4] The books' success (1582 - a re-edition published in Bordeaux; [5] a possible re-edition published in Rouen before 1584 [6] and in 1587 a re-edition published in Paris [7]) attracted the interest of the Paris publisher Abel L'Angelier [], who, in 1588, published a new modified and ...
As in all of his essays, Montaigne eloquently employed many references and quotes from classical Greek and Roman authors, especially Lucretius. Montaigne considered marriage necessary for the raising of children, but disliked the strong feelings of romantic love as being detrimental to freedom. One of his quotations is: "Marriage is like a cage ...
His translation of Montaigne's Essays has been widely recognized. [5] His translation of the François Rabelais novel series Gargantua and Pantagruel was also described by Barbara C. Bowen as "faithful, lively, and readable [...] the best to date; it preserves much of the sheer exuberance of the original, while incorporating essential ...
How to Live, or a life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer is a book by Sarah Bakewell, first published by Chatto & Windus in 2010, and by Other Press on September 20, 2011. [1] It is about the life of the 16th-century French nobleman, wine grower, philosopher, and essayist Michel Eyquem de Montaigne. [2]
Donald Frame was a recognized authority on the works of Michel de Montaigne, whose Complete Works he published in translation in 1958. He also studied the works of François Rabelais, and published a book-length study of Gargantua and Pantagruel in 1977.
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