The Prince (Crofts Classics): 19 - Softcover

Machiavelli, Niccolò

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882950533 ISBN 13: 9780882950532

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1986

Synopsis

What makes this well-annotated translation stand out from others is an insightful introduction by editor Thomas G. Bergin especially helpful for achieving a better understanding of the times and the political scene in which Machiavelli worked, lived, and wrote. Also included are a list of important dates in Machiavelli's life, an index of proper names in the text and notes, and a selected bibliography.

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Review:

""Connell provides by far the best historical introduction to a student text of The Prince "that I have ever seen. It is concise, clear, and remarkably straight-forward given the complexity of the issues it treats, including not only the precise context of the work's composition, but also some very helpful description of its reception. As a whole, in my view, this edition of The Prince "is the very best available in English, and I look forward to using it in my classes."

About the Author:

Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian philosopher and writer, and is considered one of the founders of modern political science. He was a diplomat and civil servant in the Florentine Republic in the sixteenth century, until arrested for conspiracy in 1513 after which he gave his time to writing. Thomas G. Bergin - 1904 - 1987 - was an American scholar of Italian literature. He was an authority on writers including Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch, and Giovanni Verga. His translated works such as Dante's Divine Comedy and Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0882950533
• ISBN 13: 9780882950532
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 82
• Editor: Bergin Thomas G.