The Complete Essays of Michel de Montaigne, translated by M. A. Screech (1991) – the acclaimed modern English translation.
Montaigne (1533–1592) invented the essay as a literary form, turning his wide reading and restless curiosity on himself to write about friendship, education, cruelty, death and the art of living. M. A. Screech's complete translation, first published in 1991, is widely regarded as the finest modern English version, with a full introduction and notes.
The Essays – more than a hundred of them, from a single page to the book-length 'Apology for Raymond Sebond' – range over every subject from cannibals and thumbs to sleep, experience and repentance. Montaigne's candour, humour and scepticism made him the model for writers from Shakespeare and Pascal to Emerson, Nietzsche and Virginia Woolf.
Screech's translation is complete and unabridged, and prized for its accuracy and liveliness. It is the version most often recommended to readers today.
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) was a French nobleman, magistrate and mayor of Bordeaux who retired to his tower library to write. M. A. Screech (1926–2018) was a British scholar of the French Renaissance and Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.
Ideal for: readers of philosophy and literature, and anyone building a library of essential classics.
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The Complete Essays of Michel de Montaigne, translated by M. A. Screech (1991) – the acclaimed modern English translation.
Montaigne (1533–1592) invented the essay as a literary form, turning his wide reading and restless curiosity on himself to write about friendship, education, cruelty, death and the art of living. M. A. Screech's complete translation, first published in 1991, is widely regarded as the finest modern English version, with a full introduction and notes.
The Essays – more than a hundred of them, from a single page to the book-length 'Apology for Raymond Sebond' – range over every subject from cannibals and thumbs to sleep, experience and repentance. Montaigne's candour, humour and scepticism made him the model for writers from Shakespeare and Pascal to Emerson, Nietzsche and Virginia Woolf.
Screech's translation is complete and unabridged, and prized for its accuracy and liveliness. It is the version most often recommended to readers today.
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) was a French nobleman, magistrate and mayor of Bordeaux who retired to his tower library to write. M. A. Screech (1926–2018) was a British scholar of the French Renaissance and Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.
Ideal for: readers of philosophy and literature, and anyone building a library of essential classics.
Carefully packed and shipped from Australia. Questions about this copy, or want more photos? Get in touch.
