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The Design of Montaigne's Essais
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This book offers a reading of Montaigne's Essais through the prism of visual art, chiefly the notion of 'design' (dessein), in both its sixteenth-century meanings and its modern usages. In tracing the range of dessein, the book foregrounds the importance of the visual and the spatial in Montaigne's writing, recasting the Essais in a new light.
About the Author
Vittoria Fallanca is a writer and academic. Her work and interests span literature, philosophy, and the visual arts. She was Career Development Fellow at New College, Oxford, from 2020-24. She is currently a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, University of Warwick.
| Author | Vittoria Fallanca |
| ISBN-13 | 9780198985495 |
| Publisher | OUP Oxford |
| Publication Date | 02/20/2026 |
| Series | Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs |
| Page Count | 240 pages |
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