The Comedies of Machiavelli

Name: The Comedies of Machiavelli
Brand: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
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The Woman from Andros; The Mandrake; Clizia

Written by Niccolo Machiavelli, David Sices and James B. Atkinson

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Though better known today as a political theorist than as a dramatist, Machiavelli secured his fame as a giant in the history of Italian comedy more than fifty years before Shakespeare's comedies delighted English-speaking audiences. This bilingual edition includes all three examples of Machiavelli's comedic art: sparkling translations of his farcical masterpiece, The Mandrake; of his version of Terence's The Woman From Andros; and of his Plautus-inspired Clizia--works whose genre afforded Machiavelli a unique vehicle not only for entertaining audiences but for examining virtue amid the twists and turns of fortune.

ISBN-13: 9780872209015
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Imprint: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date: 15 September 2007
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Dimensions: 216 x 140 mm
Language: English