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Machiavelli : political, historical, and literary writings / edited by Mark Jurdjevic and Meredith K. Ray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jurdjevic, Mark
- Series:
- Haney Foundation series.
- Haney Foundation series
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
- Machiavelli, Niccolò.
- Correspondence (Machiavelli, Niccolò).
- Politics and government.
- Political and social views.
- Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--1421-1737.
- Florence (Italy).
- Genre:
- Translations
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 334 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Throughout his life, Niccolò Machiavelli's overriding central concerns were the present and future strength and independence of Florence. Presenting a wide sample of the many genres in which he wrote, this volume highlights and explores this underappreciated aspect of Machiavelli's intellectual preoccupations.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note on Translation and Selection of Texts; Introduction. Machiavelli in the Florentine Renaissance; Chapter 1. Early Letters, Poems, and Military Writings (1498-1513); Chapter 2. Excerpts from The Prince (1513-15); Chapter 3. Excerpts from Discourses on Livy (1515-19); Chapter 4. The Mandrake (1515-17); Chapter 5. Articles for a Pleasure Company (post-1504); Chapter 6. Belfagor (1524); Chapter 7. Excerpts from The Art of War (1519-20); Chapter 8. Allocution to a Magistrate (1519-20)
- Chapter 9. Discourse on Florentine Affairs After the Death of Lorenzo de' Medici the Younger (1520-21)Chapter 10. Midcareer Letters (1517-24); Chapter 11. Duties of an Ambassador (1522); Chapter 12. Excerpts from the Florentine Histories (1525); Chapter 13. Late Letters (1525-27); Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780812296099
- 0812296095
- OCLC:
- 1128103463
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