Combining literary theory and history with detailed textual analysis, Melehy examines a series of events at the outset of modernity involving both literature and philosophy. Through the work of Michel de Montaigne and Rene Descartes, Melehy considers the question of the foundati…
Combining literary theory and history with detailed textual analysis, Melehy examines a series of events at the outset of modernity involving both literature and philosophy. Through the work of Michel de Montaigne and Rene Descartes, Melehy considers the question of the foundati…
Du Bellay -- Defending the space of early modern culture -- Time in Rome -- Dream language -- Spenser -- Translation, imitation, ruin -- Visions of Spenser -- Antiquities of Britain -- Montaigne -- Institutional authority -- Words of vanity -- America, the end of western dreamin…