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| | Blogging the Renaissance |
 | | I think, for me, both the cause and the appeal of this element of his novels is just how very early modern they are. |
 | | They read like the novels that Montaigne, Thomas Browne (one of Sebald's favorite authors), or, dare I say it, Owen Feltham (not the best link, but all I could do without hitting a subscription wall) never got around to writing. |
 | | Sebald writes essayistic, Montaignean prose, following his thoughts wherever they lead him, in a way that seems almost random but that, as you realize as you are flipping back pages to understand how exactly he did it, is in fact incredibly carefully planned. |
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