The Prince

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-312-14978-9
Verlag: Macmillan Learning

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: The Bedford Series in History and Culture

Widely read for its insights into history and politics, The Prince is one of the most provocative works of the Italian Renaissance. Based on Niccolò Machiavelli's observations of the effectiveness of both ancient and contemporary statesmen, the rules for governing set forth in his manual were considered radical and harsh by his contemporaries and shocking to many others since then.This major new edition combines an accurate and accessible new translation with important related documents, many of which appear here in English for the first time. In his clear yet comprehensive introductory essay, William J. Connell offers fresh insights into Machiavelli's life, the meaning of his work, the context in which it was written, and its influence over time. Document headnotes, maps, a chronology of Machiavelli's life, questions for consideration, a selected bibliography, and index provide further pedagogical support.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Connell, William J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.- Preface.- PART ONE.- Introduction: The Puzzle of The Prince.- An Extreme Book for Extreme Times.- Humanists and Heretics.- Machiavelli Before The Prince.- The Prince's Prolonged and Difficult Birth.- Dueling Machiavellis in Early Modern Europe: The Counselor to Tyrants and the Republican Conspirator.- The Prince and the Autonomy of Politics: A Blessing and a Curse.- PART TWO.- The Document.- The Prince  .- PART THREE.- Related Documents.- Niccolò Machiavelli, Letter to Giovan Battista Soderini, circa September 13-27, 1506.- Francesco Vettori, Letter to Niccolò Machiavelli. November 23, 1513.- Niccolò Machiavelli, Letter to Francesco Vettori. December 10, 1513.- Niccolò Machiavelli, The Thrushes: A Sonnet, 1513.- Riccardo Riccardi, Machiavelli's Presentation of The Prince, circa 1580.- Niccolò Guicciardini, From a Letter to Luigi Guicciardini, July 29, 1517.- Early Prefaces of The Prince.- Biagio Buonaccorsi, Prefatory Letter to Pandolfo Bellacci, circa 1516-17.- Teofilo Mochi, Prefatory Letter, circa 1530.- Antonio Blado, Dedicatory Letter to Filippo Strozzi, January 4, 1532.- Bernardo Giunta, Dedicatory Letter to Giovanni Gaddi, May 8, 1532.- Agostino Nifo, From On Skill in Ruling. 1523.- Giovan Battista Busini, From a Letter to Benedetto Varchi, January 23, 1549.- Benedetto Varchi, From the Florentine History, 1565.- Étienne Binet, From Machiavelli's Dream, 1629.- Reginald Pole, From The Apology to Charles V, 1534.- Innocent Gentillet, From The Discourses Against Machiavelli, 1576.- Christopher Marlowe, From The Jew of Malta, circa 1590.- Frederick the Great, From The Refutation of Machiavelli's 'Prince', 1740.- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, From On the Social Contract, After 1762.- Benito Mussolini, 'A Prelude to Machiavelli,' 1924.- Antonio Gramsci, From The Prison Notebooks, 1932-34.- Appendixes.- Maps.- A Machiavelli Chronology (1469-1527).- Questions for Consideration.- Selected Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

WILLIAM J. CONNELL is Professor of History, Seton Hall University, USA.