The Book of the Courtier (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Castiglione, Baldesar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140441921 ISBN 13: 9780140441925

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1976

Inhaltsangabe

In The Book of the Courtier (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essential virtues for those at Court. In a lively series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, his speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour - chiefly discretion, decorum, nonchalance and gracefulness - as well as wider questions such as the duties of a good government and the true nature of love. Castiglione's narrative power and psychological perception make this guide both an entertaining comedy of manners and a revealing window onto the ideals and preoccupations of the Italian Renaissance at the moment of its greatest splendour.

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Castiglione was born in 1478 and a member of an ancient aristocratic family. A courtier throughout his life, his writings were always a secondary affair.
George Bull was an author and journlaist who translated six books for the Penguin Classics, including The Prince by Machiavelli. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was made a Knight Commander in 1999.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1976
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0140441921
• ISBN 13: 9780140441925
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
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