Is Montaigne a Utopian?

Marcel Meerhaeghe ()

A chapter in The State as Utopia, 2011, pp 67-76 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract While discussing the subject of this conference with Professor Backhaus, he kindly drew my attention to White’s Famous Utopias (1946). After ordering the book I discovered that White considers Montaigne and Shakespeare as utopian authors. This is unusual. I did not find these authors in previous books on, or surveys of, utopian writers. They are also absent in similar, recent works. I even consulted the Dictionary of Literary Utopias (Fortunati and Trousson 2004), but no mention of Montaigne. In this note, I challenge White’s opinion and I try to substantiate my own point of view.

Keywords: French Literature; Nous Sommes; Previous Book; French Poet; Sceptical Philosopher (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7500-3_9

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