- Philippe Desan
Dr. Philippe Desan is a professor of Romance languages at the
University of Chicago . Originally from France, Dr. Desan is among the topMontaigne scholars alive today. He received his Phd. from the University of California Davis, and has published widely on several topics pertaining to theFrench Renaissance .Other accolades include:
-Knighthood from the French Government-Served for 7 years as Master of the Humanities Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago.
Books
"Naissance de la méthode: Machiavel, La Ramée, Bodin, Montaigne, Descartes" (Paris, 1987),"Humanism in Crisis: The Decline of the French Renaissance" (Ann Arbor, 1991),"Les Commerces de Montaigne" (Paris, 1992),"Penser l'Histoire à la Renaissance" (Paris, 1993),"Montaigne, les Cannibales et les Conquistadores" (Paris, 1994),"Literary Objects: Flaubert" (Chicago, 1996),"Montaigne dans tous ses états" (Fasano, 2001),"Reproduction en quadrichromie de l’Exemplaire de Bordeaux des Essais de Montaigne" (Chicago, 2002),"L'Imaginaire économique de la Renaissance" (Paris, 2002),"Dictionnaire de Michel de Montaigne" (Paris, 2004),"Reproduction fac-similé de l’édition de 1582 des Essais de Montaigne" (Paris, 2005),"Montaigne politique" (Paris, 2006),"Portraits à l'essai: iconographie de Montaigne" (Paris, 2007).
External links
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books-uk&field-author=Desan%2C%20Philippe/026-3424002-2422849 Amazon Book List]
* [http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/941128/desan.shtml Knighthood Information]
* [http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/montaigne/ "Montaigne Studies" - Journal edited by Dr. Desan]
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