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The Book of the Courtier (Classics S

The Book of the Courtier (Classics S

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  • Release Date: 24/06/1976
  • Barcode: 9780140441925
  • Genre: Poetry & Drama
  • Sub-Genre: Literary Criticism
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House
The Book of the Courtier (Classics S

The Book of the Courtier (Classics S

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Defines the essential virtues for those at Court. This title includes a series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, in which his speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour - chiefly discretion and gracefulness - as well as questions such as the duties of a good government and the true nature of love.
In The Book of the Courtier (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essential virtues for those at Court. In a lively series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, his speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour - chiefly discretion, decorum, nonchalance and gracefulness - as well as wider questions such as the duties of a good government and the true nature of love. Castiglione's narrative power and psychological perception make this guide both an entertaining comedy of manners and a revealing window onto the ideals and preoccupations of the Italian Renaissance at the moment of its greatest splendour.

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  • Contributor: George Bull (Translated by)
  • Translator: George Bull
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