Montaigne's deceits : the art of persuasion in the Essais / Margaret M. McGowan
1974. London : University of London Press. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #443138
ISBN: 0340181141
Physical description: vii, 207 pages ; 24 cm. Contents: Introduction -- Acknowledgement -- Montaigne's modesty -- Consciousness of style -- Of the 'Craftie and Secrete methode' -- Paradoxes -- Affirmation in the Essais -- Historical and cultural analogies -- Contexts -- Montaigne. Subjects: Montaigne, Michel de 1533-1592 Literary style. French language Middle French, 1300-1600 Style. Persuasion (Rhetoric) History 16th century. French language Early modern, 1500-1600 Style.
Price: €12.95