Foxes and Lions: Machiavelli's Confidence MenCornell University Press, 1988 - 267 páginas Winner of the Modern Language Association's Howard R. Marraro Prize for 1988-90 This book connects Machiavelli's literary works with his political and historical writings, and relates all of them to his life history, his concerns with power and powerlessness, and his characteristic modes of self-representation. |
Contenido
Language and Power in La Mandragola | 45 |
Spectacles of Violence and the Memory of Fear | 86 |
The Heroic Prince | 135 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 2 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
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