Machiavelli and the Discourse of Literature

Albert Russell Ascoli, Victoria Ann Kahn

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Situates the literary within the range of cultural discourses available to the Italian political philosopher Machiavelli (1469-1527), and locates him in an evolving history of disciplines and modes of writing during the early modern period. The 11 essays, some previously published, explore Machiavelli as a man of letters, his opinion about literatu

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ISBN:	9780801428708
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Imprint:	Cornell University Press
Pub date:	31 Dec 1993
DEWEY:	852.3
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	296
Weight:	570g
Height:	235mm
Width:	165mm
Spine width:	25mm