Causeries sur Montaigne

by Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, edited by Francois Rigolot

Book cover: Causeries sur Montaigne

Extent: 239 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies, Early Modern & Renaissance Studies

Series: Etudes montaignistes

Series volume number: 41

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(March 2022)

ISBN: 9782406129523

Price: $41.00

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Hardback (Published)

(March 2022)

ISBN: 9782812459061

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Sainte-Beuve peppers his works with references to Montaigne. The affinities between these “two kindred minds” are undeniable for them both as writers and as men. This edition gives an overview of the reception of Montaigne in the nineteenth century and reveals the richness of the literary critic’s analysis.

Homme de lettres, Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve est avant tout célèbre pour ses critiques littéraires et sa méthode d’analyse qui a renouvelé l’approche des auteurs en s’appuyant sur la biographie et les documents historiques. Nous lui devons trois volumes de Portraits littéraires mais aussi Chateaubriand et son groupe littéraire.

  • By (author) Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve
  • Edited by François Rigolot