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9780826212627

In Montaigne's Tower : Essays

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826212627

  • ISBN10:

    082621262X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr
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Summary

In Montaigne's Tower is an engaging collection of personal essays written in the discursive mode of Montaigne by an author known for his distinctive use of memory. Hilary Masters defines the present moment as he uses his own perceptions, experiences, and sensibilities to examine familiar subjects like politics, human sexuality, abandonment, family relations, and even death. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Going to Cuba
1(20)
Making It Up
21(7)
Disorderly Conduct
28(21)
About Hilary
49(4)
Pasing through Pittsburgh
53(7)
My Father's Image
60(5)
Leaving the Party
65(7)
Everyone Was Alive in 1924
72(4)
Brother Story
76(9)
Winfield Townley Scott
85(13)
So Long, Natty Bumppo
98(5)
Connections
103(14)
A Day in Burgundy
117(15)
The Shape of the River
132(4)
In Montaigne's Tower
136(8)
Son of Spoon River
144(8)
Three Places in Ohio
152(13)
Acknowledgments 165

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