Montaigne's Unruly Brood

"Regosin explores meticulously, imaginatively, and critically the sinuosities of the Essais' self-reflexivity and metatextuality, both quintessential generative forces of this major Renaissance text. . . . A most important contribution to Montaigne studies."--Marcel Tetel, author of Montaigne "This is a stimulating study of Montaigne's ambivalent figures of paternity, procreation, and generation. Regosin challenges the assumptions of traditional critics by showing how the 'logic' of a faithful filial text is disrupted and how the writing self displaces the author's desire for mastery and totalization. A rich, complex reading that combines careful textual scholarship with much critical imagination."--François Rigolot, author of Les Mètamorphoses de Montaigne