Niccolo Machiavelli''s the Prince - New Interdisciplinary Essays

Informationen zum Autor Martin Coyle is Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University Klappentext The Prince embodies a series of vital issues, including power and morality, history and human nature, language and meaning, gender and government. It is these issues which the essays in this volume debate and explore from a variety of perspectives, from the original responses through to feminist and deconstructive approaches. Zusammenfassung The Prince embodies a series of vital issues! including power and morality! history and human nature! language and meaning! gender and government. It is these issues which the essays in this volume debate and explore from a variety of perspectives! from the original responses through to feminist and deconstructive approaches. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction - Martin Coyle2. The Prince and its early Italian readers - Brian Richardson3. Machiavelli's via moderna: medieval and Renaissance attitudes to history - Janet Coleman4. Dialogue in The Prince - John Parkin5. Language and The Prince - John M. Najemy6. The end justifies the means: end-orientation and the discourses of power - Maggie Günsberg7. The Prince and textual politics - Andrew Mousley8. Machiavelli's political philosophy in The Prince - Maureen RamsayAppendix - Machiavelli's letter to Francesco Vettori, 10 December 1513 - Brian Richardson translatorSelect BibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Martin Coyle, Niccolo Machiavelli
• Con la collaborazione di: Martin Coyle (Editore), Coyle Martin (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2013
• EAN: 9780719041969
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-4196-9
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Texts in Culture; Texts in Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: general, Italian, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Constitution: government & the state, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Constitution: government and the state