This paper studies Jorge Edwards’s La muerte de Montaigne as an attempt to translate the skeptical tone present in Montaigne’s Essays into a political project bearing a democratic intent. In its first part the paper focuses on the history of the reception of Montaigne in Latin American literature and politics. In the second part it analyzes La muerte de Montaigne as an attempt to transplant to Latin America the literary and political implications of the skepticism that pervades the Essays.
Keywords:
Latin American literature, Jorge Edwards, Michel de Montaigne, skepticism, literature and politics
Castany Prado, B. (2012). The essays of Montaigne as a poticial project in Jorge Edward’s la muerte de Montaigne. Revista Chilena De Literatura, (82). Retrieved from https://cuadernosjudaicos.uchile.cl/index.php/RCL/article/view/24852
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