Seeking real truths : multidisciplinary perspectives on Machiavelli / edited by Patricia Vilches and Gerald Seaman; [contributors, Susan Ashley ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vilches, Patricia, 1960-

Seaman, Gerald E.

Ashley, Susan A., 1943-

Series:

Brill eBook titles 2007

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (467 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

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. Contributors include: Susan Ashley, Salvatore Bizzarro, Julia Bondanella, JoAnn Cavallo, Salvatore Di Maria, Marie Gaille-Nikodimov, Eugene Garver, Joseph Khoury, William Klein, Sante Matteo, Gerry Milligan, RoseAnna Mueller, John Roe, Gerald Seaman, Charles Tarlton, Patricia Vilches, and Mary Walsh.

Contents:

Preliminary material / P. Vilches and G. Seaman

The enduring power of Niccolò Machiavelli: An overview of his life and times / Patricia Vilches

An introduction to The Prince edited and translated by Gerald Seaman / Marie Gaille-Nikodimov

Machiavelli’s burden: The Prince as literary text / Charles D. Tarlton

The discourses on Livy: Preserving a free way of life / Julia Conaway Bondanella

Machiavelli: Rhetoric and prudence / Eugene Garver

Machiavelli and women / Jo Ann Cavallo

Masculinity and Machiavelli / Gerry Milligan

Machiavelli on stage: Mandragola and Clizia / Salvatore Di Maria

Debauchery, mayhem, and sex in Machiavelli’s Mandragola / Salvino Bizzarro

The mask in the mirror: Nicomaco as an imprudent ruler-prince in the Clizia / Patricia Vilches

To hell with men and meaning! Vesting authority in Belfagor / Sante Matteo

Historical reception of Machiavelli / Mary Walsh

Machiavelli the revolutionary: A modern reinterpretation / Susan A. Ashley

Marlowe’s Tamburlaine: Idealized machiavellian Prince / Joseph Khoury

Shakespeare and Machiavelli: The Prince and the history plays / John Roe

Machiavelli, Thucydides, and the anglo-american tradition / William E. Klein

Machiavelli in the modern world / Roseanna Mueller

Index / P. Vilches and G. Seaman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-92160-2

9786611921606

90-474-2113-2

OCLC:

646789868

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004158771.i-447 DOI