HyperEssays

HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne

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Some words are more special than others. ;)

#florioism

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“Conversations with People who Read Montaigne” continues Monday, Nov. 27, at 1:00 PM (EST), with Jeff Persels (French lit., University of S. Carolina)

More info and registration at https://t.co/VdgVgcSK9X

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Phillip John Usher’s latest installment of “Conversations with People who Read Montaigne,” in French, is on YouTube:

https://t.co/Vk12nwFAJG

Frank Lestringant talks about ”Des Coches” and Montaigne’s place in 16th cent. discussions of the colonization of the “New World.”

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Lestringant’s answers to Usher’s Montaigne Questionnaire:

1. First contact with the Essays:
https://t.co/FuKNsVGxZn

2. Favorite chapter(s):
https://t.co/i5OJQLPBDo

3. Why read the Essays today?
https://t.co/z3PzEZs3Ls

4. Book/article recommendation(s):
https://t.co/UyqS0Jc38f

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Phillip John Usher’s next guest on “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne” will be Cathy Yandell (French/Francophone Studies, Carleton College) on Monday, Oct. 30.

Registration info: https://t.co/lMSFnsVXsh

(The URL says “--frank-lestringant” but is for Yandell’s talk.)

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Phillip John Usher’s next guest on “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne” will be Cathy Yandell (French/Francophone Studies, Carleton College) on Monday, Oct. 30.

Registration info: https://t.co/lMSFnsVXsh

(The URL says “--frank-lestringant” but is for Yandell’s talk.)

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The book includes no notes, index, or bibliography but serves, in the words of Yiyun Li who wrote a short intro to the collection, as “a fine introduction for readers who are just about to discover Montaigne.”

https://t.co/6ant7WtUs9

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Pushkin Press @PushkinPress just released a new collection of 16 “essential essays” by Michel de Montaigne, newly translated into English by David Coward.

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“Essential” might be a stretch for this particular collection (#marketing) but we’re always happy to see new translations of the Essays in print.

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Let's start #FlorioFriday with a word that perfectly embodies Florio's personality: "Sophisticated".

#OED's earliest evidence for "Sophisticated" is from 1603, in Florio's translation of Montaigne's Essays.

"And truely, Philosophie is nothing else but a sophisticated poesie".

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@iohannesflorius Awesome start to #FlorioFriday!

For reference, here’s Montaigne’s original sentence: “Et certes la philosophie n’est qu’une poësie sophistiquée.” (in 2.12, “Apology for Raymond Sebond”).

https://t.co/UinIyoovZ7

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@stratokatster Yes! Thank you for taking the time to look it up. I was really stuck.

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People familiar with Early Modern English, what word is “bedrowle” in John Florio’s translation of Montaigne’s III.8 “Of the Arte of conferring”?

“[He] doth nothing but molest al men with the impertinent bedrowle and register of his pedigrees….”

https://t.co/3xvI89Ior0

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@stratokatster It does. I posted a half-written Tweet there for some reason.

(The reason was multitasking. 😜)

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@iohannesflorius Who else but @iohannesflorius himself (herself 😉) could answer my questions?

Thank you!

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And here’s what we’re looking at…

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Montaigne wrote “rompt la teste” which Screech translated “bash everyone’s ear” and Frame “splits everyone’s head.”

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Phillip John Usher’s series of “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne,” is soon to resume with its next guest, Frank Lestringant, on Sept. 25th at 1:00 PM (EST). 📅

For more information (and registration, when the time comes?) visit https://t.co/cn4DXOC0Vm

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