W.R. Albury

Castiglione's Allegory

Veiled Policy in The Book of the Courtier (1528)

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Produktbeschreibung

Approaching The Book of the Courtier as an early modern reader would have, author W.R. Albury explores aspects of the work which he argues are intentionally concealed and veiled in allegory. In this reading, Albury recovers a serious political message which he shows has a great deal of contemporary relevance, and which is lost from sight when the w

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9781032923352
• ISBN-10: 1032923350
• Artikelnr.: 71559482

Autorenporträt

Emeritus Professor W.R. Albury is currently Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of New England, Armidale NSW, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction: Audience, Interpretation, and Allegory
2: Castiglione's Francescopaedia: Pope Julius II and Francesco Maria della Rovere
3: Philosophers on the Ladder of Love?: Pietro Bembo and Ottaviano Fregoso
4: Incitements to Folly: Gaspar Pallavicino and Cesare Gonzaga
5: Medicine and Statecraft: The Courtier as Physician
6: The Courtier and the Statesman: Structural Relations
7: Castiglione's Impresa and the Veiled Policy of the Courtier
Epilogue: The Silence of the Archive