The Essays: A Selection (Montaigne Michel)(Paperback)

The Essays: A Selection (Montaigne Michel)(Paperback)

A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech in Penguin Classics. To overcome a crisis of melancholy after

The Complete Essays (Montaigne Michel)(Paperback)

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. This Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Essays is translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech. In

Complete Essays of Montaigne (Montaigne Michel Eyquem)(Paperback)

This new translation of Montaigne's immortal Essays received great acclaim when it was first published in The Complete Works of Montaigne in the 1957 edition. The New York Times said, 'It is a matter for rejoicing that we now have available a new translation that offers definite advantages over

Essays (Montaigne Michel)(Paperback)

Reflections by the creator of the essay form display the humane, skeptical, humorous, and honest views of Montaigne, revealing his thoughts on sexuality, religion, cannibals, intellectuals, and other unexpected themes. Included are such celebrated works as 'On Solitude,' 'To Philosophize Is to

Complete Works - Essays, Travel Journal, Letters (De Montaigne Michel)(Pevná vazba)

Describing his collection of Essays as 'a book consubstantial with its author', Montaigne identified both the power and the charm of a work which introduces us to one of the most attractive figures in European

On Essays: Montaigne to the Present (Karshan Thomas)(Paperback)

Montaigne called it a ramble; Chesterton the joke of literature; and Hume an ambassador between the worlds of learning and of conversation. But what is an essay, and how did it emerge as a literary form? What are the continuities and contradictions across its history, from Montaigne's 1580 Essais

On Solitude (Montaigne Michel)(Paperback)

Montaigne: A Very Short Introduction (Hamlin William M.)(Paperback)

The French author Michel de Montaigne is widely regarded as the founder and greatest practitioner of the personal essay. A member of the minor aristocracy, he worked as a judicial investigator, served as mayor of Bordeaux, and sought to bring stability to his war-torn country during the latter half

The Quarry: Essays (Howe Susan)(Paperback)

A powerful selection of Susan Howe's previously uncollected essays, The Quarry moves backward chronologically, from her brand-new 'Vagrancy in the Park' (about Wallace Stevens) through such essential texts as 'The Disappearance Approach,' 'Personal Narrative,' 'Sorting Facts,' 'Frame Structures,'

Selected Essays (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback / softback)

This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the best of

On Friendship (Montaigne Michel de)(Paperback / softback)

Expresses the author's views on relationships. This title contemplates the idea that man is no different from any animal, argues that all cultures should be respected, and helps us to understand the nature of

On Solitude (Montaigne Michel de)(Paperback / softback)

Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of

Essays One (Davis Lydia)(Paperback)

A selection of essays on writing and reading by the master short-fiction writer Lydia Davis Lydia Davis is a writer whose originality, influence, and wit are beyond compare. Jonathan Franzen has called her 'a magician of self-consciousness,' while Rick Moody hails her as 'the best prose stylist in

Robert Adams: Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews (Adams Robert)(Paperback)

A now classic text on the art, Why People Photograph gathers a selection of essays by the great master photographer Robert Adams, tackling such diverse subjects as collectors, humor, teaching, money and dogs. Adams also writes brilliantly on Edward Weston, Paul Strand, Laura Gilpin, Judith Joy

97,196 Words: Essays (Lambert John)(Paperback)

A selection of the best short work by France's greatest living nonfiction writerNo one writes nonfiction like Emmanuel Carr re. Although he takes cues from such literary heroes as Truman Capote and Janet Malcolm, Carr re has, over the course of his career, reinvented the form in a search for truth

Breaking Convention: Psychedelic Pharmacology for the 21st Century (Sessa Ben)(Paperback)

Interdisciplinary essays on psychedelic consciousness.Presenting an interdisciplinary selection of twenty-five essays first delivered at Breaking Convention 2015, the third conference on psychedelic consciousness, culture, and clinical research, held at the University of Greenwich, London.Breaking

The Wisdom of the Heart (Miller Henry)(Paperback)

In this selection of stories and essays, Henry Miller elucidates, revels, and soars, showing his command over a wide range of moods, styles, and subject matters. Writing 'from the heart,' always with a refreshing lack of reticence, Miller involves the reader directly in his thoughts and feelings

Selected Essays (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback / softback)

This selection brings together thirty of Woolf's best essays across a wide range of subjects including writing and reading, the role and reputation of women writers, the art of biography, and the London scene. They are enchanting in their own right, and indispensable to an understanding of this

Uninterrupted Fugue: Art by Kamal Boullata (Dogramaci Bucru)(Paperback)

Uninterrupted Fugue offers a selection of critical essays on the art of Palestinian artist Kamal Boullata. Written by an international constellation of critics, art historians, and museum curators, these works reveal a wide range of perspectives on art and exile, modernity and tradition. The

Horseman, Pass By! (Don Michel)(Paperback)

These reflective essays about D on's life and experiences in the west of Ireland describe the colourful and varied personalities that the French novelist has come across since he and his family moved there in the mid 1970s. From his friendship with John McGahern and Ulick O'Connor to Tim, the

Letters of Intent - Selected Essays (Ozick Cynthia (Author))(Pevná vazba)

A selection of essays by the acclaimed and beloved writer Cynthia Ozick, collected by David

C. S. Lewis Essay Collection - Faith, Christianity and the Church (Lewis C. S.)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive collection of religious essays by C.S. Lewis, plus a selection of letters, brought together in a substantial paperback

Had I Known - Collected Essays (Ehrenreich Barbara (Y))(Paperback / softback)

A selection of the most provocative, incendiary, and brilliant pieces from one of America's most significant left-leaning journalists and

The Decay of Lying: And Other Essays (Wilde Oscar)(Paperback)

A selection of Oscar Wilde's writings that underscore his notion that 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life' The Decay of Lying includes two of Wilde's most comprehensive--and witty--explorations of his aesthetic philosophy: The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist. Throughout