{"product_id":"after-montaigne-contemporary-essayists-cover-the-essays-paperback","title":"After Montaigne: Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Lazar\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Madden\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChris Arthur\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriters of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533-92). But save for the recent notable best seller \u003ci\u003eHow to Live: A Life of Montaigne\u003c\/i\u003e by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. \u003ci\u003eAfter Montaigne\u003c\/i\u003e--a collection of twenty-four new personal essays intended as tribute--aims to correct this collective lapse of memory and introduce modern readers and writers to their stylistic forebear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though it's been over four hundred years since he began writing his essays, Montaigne's writing is still fresh, and his use of the form as a means of self-exploration in the world around him reads as innovative--even by modern standards. He is, simply put, the writer to whom all essayists are indebted. Each contributor has chosen one of Montaigne's 107 essays and has written his\/her own essay of the same title and on the same theme, using a quote from Montaigne's essay as an epigraph. The overall effect is akin to a covers album, with each writer offering his or her own interpretation and stylistic verve to Montaigne's themes in ways that both reinforce and challenge the French writer's prose, ideas, and forms. Featuring a who's who of contemporary essayists, \u003ci\u003eAfter Montaigne \u003c\/i\u003eoffers astartling engagement with Montaigne and the essay form while also pointing the way to the genre's potential new directions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Lazar (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e DAVID LAZAR is a professor in the Nonfiction Program at Columbia College Chicago and the editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eHotel Amerika\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eOccasional Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Body of Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTruth in Nonfiction.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Madden (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PATRICK MADDEN is an associate professor of English at Brigham Young University and author of \u003ci\u003eQuotidiana\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSublime Physick\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eIowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePortland Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFourth Genre\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBest Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Spiritual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695119298867,"sku":"9780820351377","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/amphenhVdWdEenMydE14M2YzbG8rdz09.webp?v=1763081862","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/after-montaigne-contemporary-essayists-cover-the-essays-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}