The complete online text of The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 13 by Michel de Montaigne.

The French author Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) created a new literary genre, the essay, in which he used self-portrayal as a mirror of humanity in general. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was born on Feb. 23, 1533, at the family estate called Montai...

MONTAIGNE AND THE QUALITY OF MERCY: ETHICAL AND POLITICAL THEMES IN THE ESSAIS. By David Quint. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. xviii, 172 p. Montaigne's Essais begin with a showdown (as David Quint calls it) between conqueror and defeated enemy, and with a...

The unconventional style of the Essais has been an essential part of virtually every major study of Montaigne. Its link to the essayist's discourse on the unnatural--scattered throughout the text--has also been noted, relatively rarely, however, in connection with "Des boyteux" (III, 11). (1)...