Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 808.2052 EAN: 9780872209015 ISBN: 0872209016 Label: Hackett Publishing Company Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 408 Publication Date: September 07, 2007 Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Sales Rank: 372902 Studio: Hackett Publishing Company
Product DescriptionThough 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 virtù amid the twists and turns of fortuna.
