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Description: Robert M. Adams’s superb translation of Machiavelli’s best-known work is again the basis for this Norton Critical Edition. Accurate and highly readable, this translation, thoroughly revised for the Second Edition, renders Machiavelli’s 1513 political tract in clear and concise English.
"Backgrounds" relies entirely upon Machiavelli’s other writings to place this central Florentine in the proper political and historical context. Included are excerpts from The Discourses, a report from a diplomatic mission, a collection of private letters, and two poems from Carnival Songs. "Interpretations" retains three of the previous edition’s seminal essays while adding five new selections by Felix Gilbert, Federico Chabod, J. H. Whitefield, Isaiah Berlin, and Robert M. Adams. "Marginalia" is an eclectic collection of writings germane to both Machiavelli and The Prince. Of the eight selections represented, five are new, including Pasquale Villari’s comic portrayal of Machiavelli’s first diplomatic post in 1499, Francesco Guicciardini’s lofty rebuttal to Machiavelli, and a collection of "Tuscan Sayings" to further the reader’s understanding of this timeless text.
The "Selected Bibliography" has been thoroughly updated.
Contents: Historical Introduction • Translator’s Note • The Text of The Prince • Backgrounds • Map: North Central Italy in Machiavelli’s Time • MACHIAVELLI THE WORKING DIPLOMAT • Niccolô Machiavelli • [ Legation to Cesare Borgia] • MACHIAVELLI THE DEMOCRAT • Niccolô Machiavelli • From Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius • MACHIAVELLI THE MORALIST • Niccolô Machiavelli • The Exhortation to Penitence • MACHIAVELLI THE CORRESPONDENT • Niccolô Machiavelli • From His Private Letters • MACHIAVELLI THE POET • NiccolO Machiavelli • From Carnival Songs • On Occasion • The Death of Piero Soderini • Interpretations • J. R. Hale • The Setting of The Prince: 1513—1514 • Felix • Gilbert [Fortune Necessity, Virtü] • Ernst Cassirer • Implications of the New Theory of the State • Sheldon S. Wolin • [The Economy of Violence] • Federico Chabod • Machiavelli’s Method and Style • J. H. Whitfield • [Big Words, Exact Meanings] • Isaiah Berlin • The Question of Machiavelli • Robert M. Adams • The Rise, Proliferation, and Degradation of Machiavellism: An Outline • Marginalia • Friedrich Nietzsche • [Morals as Fossilized Violence] • Pasquale Villari • [Learning Diplomacy the Hard Way] • Francesco Guicciardini • From Ricordi Traiano Boccalini • From News Bulletins from Parnassus • Norman Douglas • From South Wind • Robert M. Adams • Necessitá/Fortuna • Epigrams, Maxims, and Observations from the Machiavellians • Tuscan Sayings • Selected BibliographyISBN - 9780393962208
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Pages : 308
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