tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602503785941064512.post5171363589849765342..comments2023-07-12T09:29:33.511+02:00Comments on i dag: A short digression - some notes on MontaigneSigrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08550175979773645484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602503785941064512.post-63446251414408128962011-04-21T11:11:51.270+02:002011-04-21T11:11:51.270+02:00Thank you Tom, Anne Fadiman's At Large and Sma...Thank you Tom, Anne Fadiman's At Large and Small absolutely sounds like a book I vil enjoy!Sigrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08550175979773645484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602503785941064512.post-43461435804412807782011-04-21T10:01:35.167+02:002011-04-21T10:01:35.167+02:00I also enjoyed Anne Faydiman's book At Large a...I also enjoyed Anne Faydiman's book At Large and Small - another book of essays. I will look up the Lopate.Tom Cunliffehttp://www.acommonreader.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602503785941064512.post-59243734297491064842011-04-15T11:32:59.938+02:002011-04-15T11:32:59.938+02:00I actually bought Sarah Bakewell's "How T...I actually bought Sarah Bakewell's "How To Live - A Life of Montaigne" earlier this winter, haven't gotten around to read it yet, but definitively will. I take it you liked it?<br /><br />I really like Philip Lopate's introduction to the essay genre in his book "The Art of the Personal Essay", for me Lopate's book has become an important reference work.Sigrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08550175979773645484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602503785941064512.post-21424682467603065342011-04-15T10:45:47.790+02:002011-04-15T10:45:47.790+02:00I have Montaigne's essays but find them very d...I have Montaigne's essays but find them very difficult to get into. Fortunately I also have Sarah Bakewell's How To Live - A Life of Montaigne which helped me understand him better. I enjoy reading essays and hope to make more progress with Montaigne over the coming monthsTom Cunliffehttp://www.acommonreader.orgnoreply@blogger.com