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: | 9780872209015 |
| Publication date: | 15th September 2007 |
| Author: | Niccolò Machiavelli, David Sices, James B Atkinson |
| Publisher: | Hackett Publishing Company an imprint of Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 408 pages |
| Series: | Hackett Classics |
| Genres: |
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought |