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The Fortunes of the Courtier: The European Reception of Castiglione´s Cortegiano
Peter Burke
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Description for The Fortunes of the Courtier: The European Reception of Castiglione´s Cortegiano
Paperback. aeo An important new study of one of the most famous texts of the Italian High Renaissance, Castiglionea s Book of the Courtier. aeo The author analyses the text itself as well as its diffusion and reception throughout Europe. aeo This is a major new work on the renaissance by one of the leading scholars in the field: it will do very well. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFC; WJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
This book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione's Cortegiano or Book of the Courtier from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
This book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione's Cortegiano or Book of the Courtier from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745611518
SKU
V9780745611518
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Ref
99-1
About Peter Burke
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).
Reviews for The Fortunes of the Courtier: The European Reception of Castiglione´s Cortegiano
"The Fortunes of the Courtier is a valuable book. It should lead on to further important work, as its author suggests, especially as he has provided an invaluable bibliography and appendices detailing editions up to 1850 and known readers before 1700." Times Literary Supplement "The Fortunes of the Courtier, original, spare and stimulating, is a model monograph." The London ... Read more