'LE PROPRE DE L'HOMME': READING MONTAIGNE'S 'DES CANNIBALES' IN CONTEXT.

This article undertakes an 'embedded reading' of the term 'cannibale' in book 1, chapter 31 of Montaigne's Essais, bringing out the preconceptions about both the term and the Brazilian natives which Montaigne does so much to revise. Different understandings of 'cannibale' and associated terms such '...

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Published in:	Forum for Modern Language Studies Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 220 - 235
Main Author:	O'BRIEN, JOHN
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Apr2017
Subjects:	Des Cannibales (Book) Epithets Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 Montaigne's Essais (Book) French Wars of Religion, 1562-1598
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