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More than three hundred years before the advent of psychoanalysis, Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) embarked on a remarkable quest to see and imagine the self from a variety of vantages. He explored the significance of monsters, nightmares, and traumas; the fear of impotence; the fragility of gender; and the anticipation of death. For Montaigne, imagination lies at the core of an internal universe influencing both the body and the mind. "The fabulous imagination" can be curative, enabling the mind's "I" to sustain itself in the face of hardship. Tracing Montaigne's development of the Western concept of the self, Lawrence D. Kritzman begins with his study of the fragility of gender and its relationship to the peripatetic movement of a fabulous imagination. He then follows with the essayist's examination of the act of mourning and the power of the imagination to overcome the fear of death, and Montaigne's views on philosophy, experience, and the connection between self-portraiture, ethics, and oblivion. "This is one of the few books on Montaigne that fuses analytical skill with humane awareness of why Montaigne matters."Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities, Yale University

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Author

Kritzman, Lawrence D.; Montaigne, Michel Eyquem{de

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780470711743

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Literary Criticism

Rating

3 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14