The Fortunes of the Courtier
The European Reception of Castiglione's Cortegiano
1. Auflage Oktober 1995
224 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-7456-1151-8
John Wiley & Sons
This book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione's Cortegiano or Book of the Courtier from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
List of Plates.
Preface and Acknowledgements.
Abbreviations.
1. Tradition and Reception.
2. The Courtier in its Time.
3. The Courtier in Italy.
4. The Courtier Translated.
5. The Courtier Imitated.
6. The Courtier Criticized.
7. The Courtier Revived.
8. The Courtier in European Culture.
Appendix 1 Editions of the Courtier, 1528-1850.
Appendix 2 Readers of the Courtier before 1700.
Bibliography.
Index.
Preface and Acknowledgements.
Abbreviations.
1. Tradition and Reception.
2. The Courtier in its Time.
3. The Courtier in Italy.
4. The Courtier Translated.
5. The Courtier Imitated.
6. The Courtier Criticized.
7. The Courtier Revived.
8. The Courtier in European Culture.
Appendix 1 Editions of the Courtier, 1528-1850.
Appendix 2 Readers of the Courtier before 1700.
Bibliography.
Index.
"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 Review of
Books
"Burke's painstaking research and engaging speculations make it
much easier to see Castiglione's position clearly." Times Higher
Education Supplement
"A readable oscillation between the generalised and the
particular." Parergon
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 Review of
Books
"Burke's painstaking research and engaging speculations make it
much easier to see Castiglione's position clearly." Times Higher
Education Supplement
"A readable oscillation between the generalised and the
particular." Parergon
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).
