Mandrake
Mandrake

Author: Howard Colyer

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-12-26

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 1291327770

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A play about marriage, lust, adultery, corruption and deceit - all aided by the Mandrake Infusion. It is Machiavelli's greatest sex farce, and a landmark of the Italian Renaissance. This adaptation opened at the Jack Studio Theatre in London on 28 May 2013. "I'm not sure what liberties were applied in bringing a hit from the 1520s to the 21st century stage, but Mandrake had a timeless yet timely vibe about it - like a smart Shakespearean production. It was fresh and contemporary brimming with universal and relevant themes and a humour that's stood the test of time." Chris Osburn Tikichris.com. "Howard Colyer's latest twist on a classic is a wonderfully watchable romp that packs a political punch to go with its comic cuts." Gary Naylor Broadwayworld.com

The Comedy and Tragedy of Machiavelli
The Comedy and Tragedy of Machiavelli

Author: Vickie B. Sullivan

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780300087970

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The Italian statesman and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli wrote not only political tracts but also comedies, poems, fables and letters that are seemingly lighthearted. The contributors to this volume explore the meanings of his works.

Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance
Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance

Author: Laura Giannetti

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2003-07-03

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780801872587

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Humor, sex, and satirized or upturned gender roles and social stereotypes characterize the Latin comedies updated and translated into Italian that became popular in Italy at the turn of the 16th century. The translations are by and for scholars of literature and history, rather than for production or performance. There are explanatory notes, but no bibliography or index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Machiavelli
Machiavelli

Author: Robert Black

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Published: 2022-09-12

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1789146143

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From a leading expert on the life and works of Niccolò Machiavelli, a superb overview of the pivotal Renaissance philosopher, writer, and historian. “Machiavellian” can signify duplicity and amorality in politics, but Machiavelli himself was far more complex than this cliché. A high-ranking Florentine government official and prolific writer of hugely influential political, military, and historical works, Machiavelli was also a vernacular poet, first-rank dramatist, and religious radical, rejecting not only the contemporary Catholic Church but Christianity itself. From champion of Florentine popular republicanism to political radical to conservative, Machiavelli explores the many facets of the man described as the father of modern political philosophy and political science.

Masters and Slaves
Masters and Slaves

Author: Michael Palmer

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9780739102770

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This collection of essays sheds light on the writings of leading figures in the history of political philosophy by exploring a nexus of questions concerning mastery and slavery in the human soul. To this end, Masters and Slaves elucidates archetypal human alternatives in their import for political life: the philosopher and king; the lover of wisdom and the lover of glory; the king and the tyrant; and finally, the master and the slave. Palmer re-examines these ideas as a framework for achieving a deeper understanding of the work of famous thinkers--from the ancient to modern times--including Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Rousseau. As well, the book addresses distinctions between the 'ancients' and the 'moderns, ' and touches on the work of contemporary theorists such as Leo Strauss, George Parkin Grant, and Allan Bloom.

The Civic Spectacle
The Civic Spectacle

Author: Mera J. Flaumenhaft

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780847679645

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In this exploration of four plays by Aeschylus, Euripides, Machiavelli and Shakespeare, Mera Flaumenhaft argues that, by revising well-known myths or histories, each playwright reshapes the community for which he writes. Emphasizing the context in which the plays have been read and performed, she examines the moral and political effects of each drama and its production, from the role of classical tragedy in MAINtaining the classical city, to the role of the modern history play in forming and maintaining the nation-state. Flaumenhaft demonstrates how the playwright's presentation of political themes within each drama relates to his view of the broadly political function of theater in his society.

Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics
Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics

Author: Melissa M. Matthes

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780271039343

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Matthes (U. of Maryland) stages a conversation between feminism and republicanism to analyze the linkage between "founding stories" of republics, sexual violence, and gender hierarchy. While pointing out the differences in the retellings of Lucretia's rape by Livy, Machiavelli, and Rousseau, she argues that their commonality is in appropriating the classical tale to support the view that the alternative to violence is citizenship and politics infused with common good notions of agency, action, and community. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

The Manly Masquerade
The Manly Masquerade

Author: Valeria Finucci

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2003-03-19

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780822330653

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DIVAnalyzes how the body was constructed and politicized in early modern Italy by exploring literary discourses of the period - plays, novellas, travel journals, poems, etc./div