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Book of the Courier

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ISBN-10: 0393976068

ISBN-13: 9780393976069

Edition: 2002

Authors: Baldesar Castiglione, Daniel. Javitch, Charles S. Singleton

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The Book of the Courtier (1528) is a series of fictional conversations by courtiers of the Duke of Urbino that took place in 1507, and remains a reliable and illuminating account of Renaissance court life.
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Book details

List price: $18.77
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/25/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 0.51" wide x 0.83" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Preface
The Text of The Book of the Courtier
The Book of the Courtier
Index of Persons and Items
Criticism
On the Genesis of the Book of the Courtier
Sprezzatura and the Absence of Grace
Castiglione's Cortegiano: The Dialogue as a Drama of Doubt
Il Cortegiano and the Constraints of Despotism
The Portrait of the Courtier in Castiglione
Did Women Have a Renaissance?
Courtier, Prince, Lady: The Design of the Book of the Courtier
Ottaviano's Interruption
Renaissance Philosophy and Book IV of Il Cortegiano
The Courtier Abroad: Or, the Uses of Italy
Baldassare Castiglione: A Chronology
Selected Bibliography