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Montaigne's Unruly Brood

Textual Engendering and the Challenge to Paternal Authority

Montaigne's Unruly Brood( )
Author: Regosin, Richard L.
ISBN:978-0-520-20194-1
Publication Date:Mar 1996
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $85.00
Book Description:

Perhaps as old as writing itself, the metaphor of the book as child has depicted textuality as an only son conceived to represent its father uniformly and to assure the integrity of his name. Richard L. Regosin demonstrates how Montaigne's Essais both departs from and challenges this conventional figure of textuality. He argues that Montaigne's writing is best described as a corpus of siblings with multiple faces and competing voices, a hybrid textuality inclined both to...
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Book Details
Pages:255
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / French
Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.201 x 9.165 Inches
Book Weight:1.05 Pounds



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