The comedy and tragedy of Machiavelli : essays on the literary works /
The Italian statesman and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli wrote not only political tracts but also comedies, poems, fables and letters that are seemingly lighthearted. The contributors to this volume explore the meanings of his works.
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
[2000]
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Table of Contents:
- The cuckold in Machiavelli's Mandragola / Harvey C. Mansfield
- Clizia and the enlightenment of private life / Robert Faulkner
- Comedy, Machiavelli's letters, and his imaginary republics / Arlene W. Saxonhouse
- Machiavelli's discourse on language / Susan Meld Shell
- Tragic Machiavelli / Ronald L. Martinez
- Lost in the wilderness: love and longing in L'Asino / Michael Harvey
- The politician as writer / Franco Fido
- Beyond limits: time, space, language in Machiavelli's Decennali / Barbara J. Godorecci
- The classical heritage in Machiavelli's histories: symbol and poetry as historical literature / Edmund E. Jacobitti.
