The Book of the Courtier: From the Italian of Count Baldassare Castiglione
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780548207383 (0548207380)
Publish date: July 1st 2007
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Pages no: 434
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Medieval,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Italian Literature,
16th Century
I had to read this for a graduate class. Some of it was interesting, but the Renaissance style of rhetoric is just so drawn out. It gets old fast. It's a great resource for teaching students about the values of the court system, though.
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