This book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione’s Cortegiano or Book of the Courtier from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
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Table of Content
List of Plates.Preface and Acknowledgements.
Abbreviations.
1. Tradition and Reception.
2. The Courtier in its Time.
3. The Courtier in Italy.
4. The Courtier Translated.
5. The Courtier Imitated.
6. The Courtier Criticized.
7. The Courtier Revived.
8. The Courtier in European Culture.
Appendix 1 Editions of the Courtier, 1528-1850.
Appendix 2 Readers of the Courtier before 1700.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the author
Peter Burke is Reader in Cultural History at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is the author of several books including Venice and Amsterdam (Polity, 1994) and The Art of Conversation (Polity, 1993).Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 222 ● ISBN 9780745676821 ● File size 28.5 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2014 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2926862 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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