Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes done into English by John Florio..., 1603 - detail p.558.

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Date:1603

Description:Shakespeare’s contemporary in France.

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) born in south-west France, was tutored at home, before studying medicine, and then law at university. He was responsible for establishing the essay as a literary genre, although he used them primarily as an attempt to capture conversations on subjects including education and criminal justice. There are parallels of Montaigne's thought in Shakespeare’s plays including Hamlet and King Lear.

Full title: Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes of Lo: Michaell de Montaigne now done into English by John Florio, London, Val. Sims for Edward Blount, 1603.


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