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Overview
Following Montaigne through his various roles as manager, magistrate, diplomat, and mayor, this book examines the sources of income available to sixteenth-century writers, the various demands on their time, and their involvement in the financial and editorial aspects of publishing itself, to illustrate the interdependent relationship between writing and politics in the sixteenth century.
Synopsis
Following Montaigne through his various roles as manager, magistrate, diplomat, and mayor, this book examines the sources of income available to sixteenth-century writers, the various demands on their time, and their involvement in the financial and editorial aspects of publishing itself, to illustrate the interdependent relationship between writing and politics in the sixteenth century.
Times Literary Supplement
This is a thought-provoking book. It plays down religion, war and politics, and projects an essentially local image of Montaigne, involved in practical concerns, a Montaigne busy on his estate and engaged in his vast extended family in Bordeaux and the region.