Exchanges between medical and literary discourses in the French Renaissance: comparing the fascination with "des amas et pieces de chair informes" in Montaigne's Essais and Joubert's Erreurs populaires

Exchanges between medical and literary discourses in the French Renaissance: comparing the fascination with “des amas et pieces de chair informes” in Montaigne’s Essais and Joubert’s Erreurs populaires. Using Montaigne’s chapter “De l’oisiveté” as a point of departure, this article assesses the conv...

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Main Author: Worth-Stylianou, V
Format: Journal article
Published: Liverpool University Press 2015