The Oxford Book of Essays by John Gross

The Oxford Book of Essays

John Gross

704 pages 1991

3 editions

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When Montaigne developed the essay in the sixteenth century, he could not have imagined the power and longevity of his creation. "He did not set up for a philosopher, wit, orator, or moralist," wrote Hazlitt, "but he became all these by merely dar...

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