florio-montaigne

Updated: May 3, 2025

Now 'Volpone, and the Preface in which the author dedicates it to the two Universities, furnish us with the evidence that our theory must be a fact; for Jonson therein defended both the party of Florio-Montaigne and himself. Moreover, we shall adduce a series of proofs from 'The Malcontent' and from 'Eastward Hoe.

Jacob Feis - Shakspere and Montaigne

So he wrote his 'Hamlet, showing up, therein, the loose and perplexing ideas of his chief antagonist, who belonged to the party of Florio-Montaigne.

Jacob Feis - Shakspere and Montaigne