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• catalog abstract "Most modern critics have sought to explain away the contradictions and discontinuities in Montaigne's Essais. Steven Rendall maintains that such differences--in the opinions recorded, in voices and modes of discourse, in logical levels, in conceptions of writing and reading--are essential to Montaigne's practice of writing. In a series of lucid readings of selected passages from the Essais, Rendall tracks the operation of these differences, showing how Montaigne's. Writing constantly recontextualizes his own discourse as well as that of other authors. But Montaigne also recognizes that the procedures of recontextualization on which he relies pose a threat to his control over his own text. The author argues that Montaigne's description of the Essais as a 'self-portrait' is an attempt to ward off this threat, and situates it in relation to a historical shift from earlier ways of controlling meaning to one based on 'the author. Function'.".
• catalog contributor b3611922.
• catalog created "1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
• catalog description "1. Introductions. 1. Reading Differently. 2. 'Montaigne etait-il ondoyant et divers?'. 3. Difference in the Text -- 2. Distinguo. 1. 'Par divers moyens on arrive a pareille fin' (1.1). 2. 'De l'inconstance de nos actions' (2.1). 3. 'De l'experience' (3.13) -- 3. Voices. 1. Who's Speaking? 2. Changing the Subject. 3. The Voice of Nature. 4. Masks and Voices -- 4. Appropriation. 1. Property. 2. 'De l'institution des enfans' (1.26). 3. Reading and Writing -- 5. Expropriation. 1. The Prodigal Text. 2. Fama. 3. The Menace of Interpretation. 4. Ideal Readers -- 6. Faces. 1. The Portrait of the Author. 2. Physiognomy. 3. Self-portraiture -- 7. Conclusions. 1. Appendices. 2. Shame, Memory, and Repentance. 3. Endings.".
• catalog description "Function'.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [128]-134) and index.".
• catalog description "Most modern critics have sought to explain away the contradictions and discontinuities in Montaigne's Essais. Steven Rendall maintains that such differences--in the opinions recorded, in voices and modes of discourse, in logical levels, in conceptions of writing and reading--are essential to Montaigne's practice of writing. In a series of lucid readings of selected passages from the Essais, Rendall tracks the operation of these differences, showing how Montaigne's.".
• catalog description "Writing constantly recontextualizes his own discourse as well as that of other authors. But Montaigne also recognizes that the procedures of recontextualization on which he relies pose a threat to his control over his own text. The author argues that Montaigne's description of the Essais as a 'self-portrait' is an attempt to ward off this threat, and situates it in relation to a historical shift from earlier ways of controlling meaning to one based on 'the author.".
• catalog extent "viii, 136 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Distinguo.".
• catalog identifier "0198151802".
• catalog isFormatOf "Distinguo.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog relation "Distinguo.".
• catalog subject "844/.3 20".
• catalog subject "French essays History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592. Essais.".
• catalog subject "PQ1643 .R44 1992".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Introductions. 1. Reading Differently. 2. 'Montaigne etait-il ondoyant et divers?'. 3. Difference in the Text -- 2. Distinguo. 1. 'Par divers moyens on arrive a pareille fin' (1.1). 2. 'De l'inconstance de nos actions' (2.1). 3. 'De l'experience' (3.13) -- 3. Voices. 1. Who's Speaking? 2. Changing the Subject. 3. The Voice of Nature. 4. Masks and Voices -- 4. Appropriation. 1. Property. 2. 'De l'institution des enfans' (1.26). 3. Reading and Writing -- 5. Expropriation. 1. The Prodigal Text. 2. Fama. 3. The Menace of Interpretation. 4. Ideal Readers -- 6. Faces. 1. The Portrait of the Author. 2. Physiognomy. 3. Self-portraiture -- 7. Conclusions. 1. Appendices. 2. Shame, Memory, and Repentance. 3. Endings.".
• catalog title "Distinguo : reading Montaigne differently / Steven Rendall.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".