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Badescu, Sanda
Sanda Badescu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages at University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
2008 0-7734-4886-1Shows how Montaigne, in his Essays and Travel Journal, and Madame de Sévigné in her Correspondence live the tension between two contradictory and complementary inclinations of human nature: on the one hand, opening towards another, communication with a loved one, and, on the other hand, withdrawal, reflection, and distress.