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Book SynopsisMontaigne (1533-1592), the personification of philosophical calm, had to struggle to become the wise Renaissance humanist we know. His balanced temperament, sanguine and melancholic, promised genius but threatened madness. This work discusses Montaigne and his melancholy.
Trade ReviewAn invaluable literary companion to the essays of Montaigne … the insights it provides are remarkable. -- Anthony Storr * Sunday Times *
Original and important. . . . His study will easily fulfil its avowed aim of making Montaigne's Essays more comprehensible and more enjoyable. -- James Supple * Times Higher Education *
A probing, loving companion to the masterwork. -- Nicholas Wollaston * Observer *
A sensitive probe into how Montaigne resolved for himself the age-old ambiguities of melancholia and, in doing so, spoke of what he called the 'human condition'. -- Roy Porter * London Review Of Books *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface to the 1983 Edition Chapter 3 Preface to the New Edition Chapter 4 Originality Chapter 5 Genius Chapter 6 Montaigne's Melancholy Chapter 7 From Genius to Madness: Torquato Tasso
