Machiavelli in the British Isles : two early modern translations of the Prince / Alessandra Petrina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrina, Alessandra.

Series:

Anglo-Italian Renaissance studies series.

Anglo-Italian renaissance studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Principe--Translations into English--History and criticism.

Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Translating and interpreting--Great Britain--History.

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington VT : Ashgate, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Concentrating on William Fowler's Scottish translation and the Queen's College (Oxford) English version, this book investigates four early translations of Niccolò Machiavelli's Prince, surviving in manuscript form, to analyze the impact of this book in sixteenth-century Britain. Petrina traces the history of each manuscript's circulation and readership, presenting annotated editions of the Fowler and Queen's College translations, with comparisons to the original Italian as well as French and Latin versions

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Machiavelli's Principe and its Early Appearance in the British Isles; 2 English Manuscript Translations; 3 The Burgess Humanist: A Life of William Fowler; 4 The Fowler Translation: The State of the Manuscripts; 5 The Queen's College Translation: The State of the Manuscript; 6 A Critical Reading and Commentary on the Translations; Appendix 1 The Fowler Translation; Appendix 2 The Queen's College Translation; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-59314-9

1-317-10291-6

1-317-10290-8

1-282-34448-X

9786612344480

0-7546-9630-8

9781315593142

OCLC:

500685121