Machiavelli in love : sex, self, and society in the Italian Renaissance / Guido Ruggiero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruggiero, Guido, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex customs--Italy--History.

Sex customs.

Renaissance--Italy.

Renaissance.

Sex--Social aspects--Italy--History.

Sex.

Sex role--Italy--History.

Sex role.

Sex in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ruggiero's challenging reinterpretation of this canonical figure, as well as his unique treatment of other major works of the period, offer new approaches for reading Renaissance literature and new understandings of the way life was lived and perceived during this time.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Of Birds, Figs, and Sexual Identity in the Renaissance, or The Marescalco's Boy Bride

2 Playing with the Devil: The Pleasures and Dangers of Sex and Play

3 The Abbot's Concubine: Renaissance Lies, Literature, and Power

4 Brunelleschi's First Masterpiece, or Mean Streets, Familiar Streets, Masculine Spaces, and Identity in Renaissance Florence

5 Machiavelli in Love: The Self-Presentation of an Aging Lover

6 Death and Resurrection and the Regime of Virtù, or Of Princes, Lovers, and Prickly Pears

Afterword. How Machiavelli Put the Devil Back in Hell

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-9202-3

1-4356-9215-2

OCLC:

654865377