The Economy of Human Relations

Castiglione's Libro del Cortegiano

Joseph D. Falvo (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

187 Seiten

1992
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-1604-5 (ISBN)

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This book offers a modern critical approach to the study of Baldesar Castiglione's Libro del Cortegiano (1528), a monumental work which reflects, par excellence, the culture and ideals of the Italian Renaissance. Generally interpreted in idealistic terms, Il Cortegiano has been placed in the history of Castiglione criticism far from the realism and pragmatism of Machiavelli's Il Principe (1513). Thoroughly based on a close reading of the primary sources (including the often neglected early versions of the treatise), this book challenges the traditional notion of Il Cortegiano as an abstract work of art. Through a careful analysis of the structural changes and thematic developments that occur in the treatise, this book shows that the primary object of Il Cortegiano is to describe the ways in which despotism exerts its power and influence within the court under the veil of figurative language.

The Author: Joseph D. Falvo is Assistant Professor of Italian at the University of Maryland. He received his Ph.D. in Italian from the Johns Hopkins University. He has published articles on Dante, Machiavelli, Castiglione, and Della Casa. He has received several honors including an Award from the Graduate Research Board of the University of Maryland and a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Contents: The Epistle to Henry VII and Tirsi. Forming the Perfect Courtier. The Perfect Court Lady. Forming the Perfect Prince. Il Cortegiano and the Path of Virtue. The Lesson of Writing. Forming with Words a Happy Nation.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.1992
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Italian Culture ; 5
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Studies in Italian Culture--Literature in History; vol. 5
ISBN-10	0-8204-1604-5 / 0820416045
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-1604-5 / 9780820416045
Zustand	Neuware