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Montaigne and Feminism

Montaigne and Feminism

Insdorf, Cecile

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Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatu, Book 194

Letters & EssaysLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 0807891940
ISBN13: 9780807891940
Publisher: Univ Of North Carolina Pr
Published: Jan 1 1977
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Insdorf challenges the notion of Montaigne as an antifeminist by exploring both the feminist and antifeminist concepts apparent in Montaigne's work. By doing so, she does not aim to characterize him as a feminist, but rather to expose the duality of his complex intellect. The first part of the book explicates possible societal and historical influences on Montaigne's views of women, including the role of women in France during the Middles Ages, the Renaissance, and Antiquity. In the second part of the book, Insdorf provides examples of Montaigne's relationships with women as well as an analysis of his concept of womanhood found in his Essais.

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