Seeking real truths : multidisciplinary perspectives on Machiavelli / edited by Patricia Vilches and Gerald Seaman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vilches, Patricia, 1960-

Seaman, Gerald E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527--Criticism and interpretation.

Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xix, 447 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Summary:

The thought and influence of Machiavelli have had a significant impact on a variety of academic disciplines, including political science and government, history, literature, language, theatre, and philosophy. Rather than inscribe Machiavelli within the boundaries of a single academic approach, tradition, or discourse, this volume assembles multidisciplinary perspectives on his writings on government, on his creative works, and on his legacy. The result is intended to appeal at once to generalists seeking baseline knowledge of Machiavelli and to specialists who are interested in critical views of Machiavelli that use a broad lens and that approach their subject from different angles.

Contents:

Editors' Introduction: The Enduring Power of Niccolo Machiavelli: An Overview of his Life and Times / Patricia Vilches 1

Government

An Introduction to The Prince Edited and translated by Gerald Seaman / Marie Gaille-Nikodimov 21

Machiavelli's Burden: The Prince as Literary Text / Charles D. Tarlton 43

The Discourses on Livy: Preserving a Free Way of Life / Julia Conaway Bondanella 69

Machiavelli: Rhetoric and Prudence / Eugene Garver 103

Society

Machiavelli and Women / Jo Ann Cavallo 123

Masculinity and Machiavelli / Gerry Milligan 149

Machiavelli on Stage: Mandragola and Clizia / Salvatore Di Maria 173

Debauchery, Mayhem, and Sex in Machiavelli's Mandragola / Salvino Bizzarro 199

The Mask in the Mirror: Nicomaco as an Imprudent Ruler-Prince in the Clizia / Patricia Vilches 219

To Hell with Men and Meaning! Vesting Authority in Belfagor / Sante Matteo 245

Reception

Historical Reception of Machiavelli / Mary Walsh 273

Machiavelli the Revolutionary: A Modern Reinterpretation / Susan A. Ashley 303

Marlowe's Tamburlaine: Idealized Machiavellian Prince / Joseph Khoury 329

Shakespeare and Machiavelli: The Prince and the History Plays / John Roe 357

Machiavelli, Thucydides, and the Anglo-American Tradition / William E. Klein 389

Machiavelli in the Modern World / RoseAnna Mueller 421.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004158771

9004158774

OCLC:

163578234