Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Montesquieu | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cabeen, David Clark. Montesquieu: A Bibliography. New York: New York Public Library, 1947. 87 p.

Annotated, critical bibliography covering the editions of Montesquieu's works as well as critical studies through 1947.

CRITICISM

Baum, John Alan. “Montesquieu's Audience.” In Montesquieu and Social Theory. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1979. 191 p.

Studies Montesquieu's contributions to sociological thought.

Chicherin, Boris Nikolaevich. “Montesquieu.” In Liberty, Equality, and the Market: Essays by B. N. Chicherin, edited and translated by G. M. Hamburg, pp. 256-90. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1998.

A critique of Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws, praising its insight and moderation, but suggesting that Montesquieu overemphasizes individualism; originally published in 1872.

Conroy, Peter V. Montesquieu Revisited....

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