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Montaigne - A Life (Paperback)
Philippe Desan; Translated by Steven Rendall, Lisa Neal
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A definitive biography of the great French essayist and thinker One
of the most important writers and thinkers of the Renaissance,
Michel de Montaigne (1533-92) helped invent a literary genre that
seemed more modern than anything that had come before. But did he
do it, as he suggests in his Essays, by retreating to his chateau
and stoically detaching himself from his violent times? Philippe
Desan overturns this long standing myth by showing that Montaigne
was constantly connected to and concerned with realizing his
political ambitions-and that the literary and philosophical
character of the Essays largely depends on them. Desan shows how
Montaigne conceived of each edition of the Essays as an
indispensable prerequisite to the next stage of his public career.
It was only after his political failure that Montaigne took refuge
in literature, and even then it was his political experience that
enabled him to find the right tone for his genre. The most
comprehensive and authoritative biography of Montaigne yet written,
this sweeping narrative offers a fascinating new picture of his
life and work.
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Eric Rohmer - A Biography (Paperback)
Antoine de Baecque, Noel Herpe; Translated by Steven Rendall, Lisa Neal
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R737
R649
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The director of twenty-five films, including My Night at Maud's
(1969), which was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, and
the editor in chief of Cahiers du cinema from 1957 to 1963, Eric
Rohmer set the terms by which people watched, made, and thought
about cinema for decades. Such brilliance does not develop in a
vacuum, and Rohmer cultivated a fascinating network of friends,
colleagues, and industry contacts that kept his outlook sharp and
propelled his work forward. Despite his privacy, he cared deeply
about politics, religion, culture, and fostering a public
appreciation of the medium he loved. This exhaustive biography uses
personal archives and interviews to enrich our knowledge of
Rohmer's public achievements and lesser known interests and
relations. The filmmaker kept in close communication with his
contemporaries and competitors: Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard,
Claude Chabrol, and Jacques Rivette. He held a paradoxical
fascination with royalist politics, the fate of the environment,
Catholicism, classical music, and the French nightclub scene, and
his films were regularly featured at New York and Los Angeles film
festivals. Despite an austere approach to life, Rohmer had a
voracious appetite for art, culture, and intellectual debate
captured vividly in this definitive volume.
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Montaigne - A Life (Hardcover)
Philippe Desan; Translated by Steven Rendall, Lisa Neal
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R1,096
R952
Discovery Miles 9 520
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One of the most important writers and thinkers of the Renaissance,
Michel de Montaigne (1533-92) helped invent a literary genre that
seemed more modern than anything that had come before. But did he
do it, as he suggests in his Essays, by retreating to his chateau,
turning his back on the world, and stoically detaching himself from
his violent times? In this definitive biography, Philippe Desan,
one of the world's leading authorities on Montaigne, overturns this
longstanding myth by showing that Montaigne was constantly
concerned with realizing his political ambitions--and that the
literary and philosophical character of the Essays largely depends
on them. The most comprehensive and authoritative biography of
Montaigne yet written, this sweeping narrative offers a fascinating
new picture of his life and work. As Desan shows, Montaigne always
considered himself a political figure and he conceived of each
edition of the Essays as an indispensable prerequisite to the next
stage of his public career. He lived through eight civil wars,
successfully lobbied to be raised to the nobility, and served as
mayor of Bordeaux, special ambassador, and negotiator between Henry
III and Henry of Navarre. It was only toward the very end of
Montaigne's life, after his political failure, that he took refuge
in literature. But, even then, it was his political experience that
enabled him to find the right tone for his genre. In this essential
biography, we discover a new Montaigne--caught up in the events of
his time, making no separation between private and public life, and
guided by strategy first in his words and silences. Neither candid
nor transparent, but also not yielding to the cynicism of his age,
this Montaigne lends a new depth to the Montaigne of literary
legend.
The director of twenty-five films, including My Night at Maud's
(1969), which was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, and
the editor in chief of Cahiers du cinema from 1957 to 1963, Eric
Rohmer set the terms by which people watched, made, and thought
about cinema for decades. Such brilliance does not develop in a
vacuum, and Rohmer cultivated a fascinating network of friends,
colleagues, and industry contacts that kept his outlook sharp and
propelled his work forward. Despite his privacy, he cared deeply
about politics, religion, culture, and fostering a public
appreciation of the medium he loved. This exhaustive biography uses
personal archives and interviews to enrich our knowledge of
Rohmer's public achievements and lesser known interests and
relations. The filmmaker kept in close communication with his
contemporaries and competitors: Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard,
Claude Chabrol, and Jacques Rivette. He held a paradoxical
fascination with royalist politics, the fate of the environment,
Catholicism, classical music, and the French nightclub scene, and
his films were regularly featured at New York and Los Angeles film
festivals. Despite an austere approach to life, Rohmer had a
voracious appetite for art, culture, and intellectual debate
captured vividly in this definitive volume.
The number of travelers France welcomes each year is as great as
its population-some sixty million. They arrive to experience not
only the latest fashions in clothing, art, and cuisine, but also
the vestiges of a past that encompasses a half million years. Among
these vestiges are Neolithic cave paintings, Roman villas and
temples, medieval cathedrals, and royal chateaux. This concise
volume outlines French history from prehistoric times to the
twenty-first century. The diverse themes discussed include the
relations of France with its neighbors, the ever-present tension
between national unity and regional autonomy, the role of the
Catholic Church, and developments in public works and education. In
order to lend this vast panorama a more human face, the author
gives special attention to the life of at least one individual in
each major era.
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