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Montaigne's Unruly Brood Textual Engendering and the Challenge to Paternal Authority.

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 convention...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Regosin, Richard L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2020]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Textual Progeny
  • 2. Montaigne's Dutiful Daughter
  • 3. The Imposing Text and the Obtrusive Reader
  • 4. The Presumption of Writing
  • 5. Monstrous Progeny
  • 6. Fathering the Text
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Essays
  • General Index