John O'Brien's Outputs (30)

Montaigne beyond the Rhine: The Essais in the Work of Christoph Besold (1577-1638) (2016)
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O'Brien, J. (2016). Montaigne beyond the Rhine: The Essais in the Work of Christoph Besold (1577-1638). In N. Kenny, R. Scholar, & W. Williams (Eds.), Montaigne in transit : essays in honour of Ian Maclean (171-186). Legenda

This volume tracks a Montaigne in transit all the way from the genesis and production of his Essais and travel journal in the 1570s 1590s to their diffusion and reception from the 1580s up till the present day, in France, England, Germany, and elsewh... Read More about Montaigne beyond the Rhine: The Essais in the Work of Christoph Besold (1577-1638).

Translating Scepticism and Transferring Knowledge in Montaigne’s House (2015)
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O'Brien, J. (2015). Translating Scepticism and Transferring Knowledge in Montaigne’s House. In T. Demetriou, & R. Tomlinson (Eds.), The Culture of Translation in Early Modern England and France, 1500-1660 (162-174). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137401496

The Humanist Tradition and Montaigne (2015)
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O'Brien, J. (2015). The Humanist Tradition and Montaigne. In P. Desan (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook to Montaigne. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190215330.001.0001

Le Col sous le joug, image de l’anti-nature chez La Boétie et ses contemporains (2015)
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O'Brien, J. (2015). Le Col sous le joug, image de l’anti-nature chez La Boétie et ses contemporains. In O. Guerrier, & L. Gerbier (Eds.), Nature et naturel. Autour du ‘Discours de la servitude volontaire (93-106). Classiques Garnier

Questions douteuses (2014)
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O'Brien, J. (2014). Questions douteuses. In P. J. Usher, & B. Renner (Eds.), Illustrations inconscientes: Écritures de la Renaissance. Mélanges offerts à Tom Conley (203-217). Classiques Garnier

Sun Worshippers (2013)
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O'Brien, J. (2013). Sun Worshippers. In E. Gilby, & P. White (Eds.), Method and Variation: Narrative in Early-Modern French Thought. Legenda

The keywords of classical narrative theory – fable, history, and argument – open up enquiries into literality and fictiveness for subsequent generations of thinkers. This collection of essays explores the place of such enquiries in early modern Frenc... Read More about Sun Worshippers.

L'Oubli comme mémoire: A propos de l'amitié politique (2012)
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O'Brien, J. (2012). L'Oubli comme mémoire: A propos de l'amitié politique. In L. Gerbier, & S. Geonget (Eds.), Amitié et compagnie. Autour du Discours de la Servitude Volontaire de La Boétie (95-111). Classiques Garnier

Le colloque de Sarlat dont ce livre est issu a pris pour angle de lecture du Discours de la servitude volontaire de La Boétie la question - essentielle au moment des guerres de religion - de l'amitié et de la compagnie (que l'on nommerait aujourd'hui... Read More about L'Oubli comme mémoire: A propos de l'amitié politique.

"Plustot par licence que par mesgarde": Montaigne’s Anacreon (2012)
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O'Brien, J. (2012). "Plustot par licence que par mesgarde": Montaigne’s Anacreon. In Cambridge French Colloquia (141-155)

Stilts; or, A Not So Tall Story (2012)
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O'Brien, J. (2012). Stilts; or, A Not So Tall Story. In N. Hammond, & M. Moriarty (Eds.), Evocations of Eloquence: Rhetoric, Religion and Literature in Early Modern France (211-226). Peter Lang

Évolution, déclin, transition: Poétique du changement et expression tragicomique dans le Quart Livre (2012)
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O'Brien, J. (2012). Évolution, déclin, transition: Poétique du changement et expression tragicomique dans le Quart Livre. In M. Demonet, & S. Geonget (Eds.), Un joyeux quart de sentences’: Le Quart Livre (143-154). Droz

Ce 52e volume des Etudes rabelaisiennes, réalisé à loccasion de lagrégation de lettres 2012, est constitué de communications données au Centre dÉtudes Supérieures de la Renaissance de Tours et à Toulouse, auxquelles on a ajouté quelques contributions... Read More about Évolution, déclin, transition: Poétique du changement et expression tragicomique dans le Quart Livre.

The Touch of Man on Woman: Dramatizing identity in The Return of Martin Guerre (2011)
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O'Brien, J. (2011). The Touch of Man on Woman: Dramatizing identity in The Return of Martin Guerre. In M. T. Burnett, & A. Streete (Eds.), Filming and Performing Renaissance History (50-64). Palgrave Macmillan

Over the last one hundred years, many of the events and personalities of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have been brought before home, cinema, exhibition, festival and theatrical audiences via a variety of visual media. This collection, for... Read More about The Touch of Man on Woman: Dramatizing identity in The Return of Martin Guerre.

Rabelais and Language: Change, Decay, Transition (2011)
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O'Brien, J. (2011). Rabelais and Language: Change, Decay, Transition. In F. Gray, & T. Reeser (Eds.), Approaches to Teaching the Works of Francois Rabelais (73-79). MLA

The works of François Rabelais--Gargantua, Pantagruel, the Tiers livre, and the Quart livre--embody the Renaissance spirit of discovery and are crucial to the development of early modern prose and to the birth of the novel. Rabelais's exuberant satir... Read More about Rabelais and Language: Change, Decay, Transition.

Sixteenth-Century Prose Narrative (2011)
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O'Brien, J. (2011). Sixteenth-Century Prose Narrative. In E. Wilson, W. Burgwinkle, & N. Hammond (Eds.), The Cambridge History of French Literature (220-228). Cambridge University Press

From Occitan poetry to Francophone writing produced in the Caribbean and North Africa, from intellectual history to current films, and from medieval manuscripts to bandes dessinées, this History covers French literature from its beginnings to the pre... Read More about Sixteenth-Century Prose Narrative.

La Verité se rencontre-t-elle au train de la contingence? (2011)
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O'Brien, J. (2011). La Verité se rencontre-t-elle au train de la contingence?. In P. Desan (Ed.), Les chapitres oubliés des "Essais" de Montaigne : actes des journées d'étude à la mémoire de Michel Simonin (93-106). Honoré Champion

Le Lucrece de Denys Lambin: entre revendication et prudence (2010)
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O'Brien, J. (2010). Le Lucrece de Denys Lambin: entre revendication et prudence. In F. Lestringant (Ed.), La Renaissance de Lucrece (35-46). Presses de l’université Paris-Sorbonne

Fashion (2009)
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O'Brien, J. (2009). Fashion. In Z. Zalloua (Ed.), Montaigne After Theory / Theory After Montaigne (55-74). University of Washington Press

Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the most accessible and widely read authors in world literature. His skepticism and relativism, and the personal quality of his writing, make him a perennial favorite among readers today. Montaigne After Theory... Read More about Fashion.

"O Courbes, méandre…": Montaigne, Epicurus and the Art of Slowness (2009)
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O'Brien, J. (2009). "O Courbes, méandre…": Montaigne, Epicurus and the Art of Slowness. In A. Holland, & R. Scholar (Eds.), Pre-histories and Afterlives. Studies in Critical Method (81-93). Legenda

If the past is indeed a foreign country, then how can we make sense of its richness and difference, without approaching it on our terms alone? ‘Pre-histories’ and ‘afterlives’, methods that have emerged in recent work by Terence Cave, offer new ways... Read More about "O Courbes, méandre…": Montaigne, Epicurus and the Art of Slowness.

Intestinal Disorders (2008)
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O'Brien, J. (2008). Intestinal Disorders. In E. Vinestock, & D. Foster (Eds.), Writers in Conflict in Sixteenth-Century France: Essays in Honour of Malcolm Quainton (239-258). Manchester University Press

These essays, written to celebrate the distinguished career of Renassiance scholar Professor Malcolm Quainton, confirm the idea that the sixteenth-century in France was deeply marked by conflict, but readers expecting to find a volume wholly devoted... Read More about Intestinal Disorders.

La Transparence et l'ombre: (2008)
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O'Brien, J. (2008). La Transparence et l'ombre:. In D. Martin, P. Servet, & A. Tournon (Eds.), L'énigmatique à la Renaissance: formes, significations, esthétiques (489-503). Champion

Un 'Patenostre hors de propos'? Montaigne et l'oraison dominicale (2008)
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O'Brien, J. (2008). Un 'Patenostre hors de propos'? Montaigne et l'oraison dominicale. In S. Desan (Ed.), Dieu à nostre commerce et societé: Montaigne et la théologie (203-219). Droz

Religion occupies an important place in the Renaissance and it would have been impossible for Montaigne not to comment on the theological and dogmatic quarrels of his time. Montaigne situates religious practices in the context of the religious wars a... Read More about Un 'Patenostre hors de propos'? Montaigne et l'oraison dominicale.