{"product_id":"the-fortunes-of-the-courtier-the-european-reception-of-castigliones-cortegiano-paperback-softback-9780745611518","title":"The Fortunes of the Courtier; The European Reception of Castiglione's Cortegiano (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745611518","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Fortunes of the Courtier\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe European Reception of Castiglione's Cortegiano\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Burke (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745611518, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 October 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.312 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Fortunes of the Courtier\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable book. It should lead on to further important work, as its author suggests, especially as he has provided an invaluable bibliography and appendices detailing editions up to 1850 and known readers before 1700.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Fortunes of the Courtier,\u003c\/i\u003e original, spare and stimulating, is a model monograph.\" \u003ci\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Burke's painstaking research and engaging speculations make it much easier to see Castiglione's position clearly.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"A readable oscillation between the generalised and the particular.\" \u003ci\u003eParergon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione's \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Cortegiano \u003cd\u003e\u003c\/d\u003e or \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Courtier \u003cd\u003e\u003c\/d\u003e from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Plates. \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Tradition and Reception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The \u003ci\u003eCourtier\u003c\/i\u003e in its Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The \u003ci\u003eCourtier\u003c\/i\u003e in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The \u003ci\u003eCourtier\u003c\/i\u003e Translated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The \u003ci\u003eCourtier\u003c\/i\u003e Imitated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The \u003ci\u003eCourtier\u003c\/i\u003e Criticized.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The \u003ci\u003eCourtier\u003c\/i\u003e Revived.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The \u003ci\u003eCourtier\u003c\/i\u003e in European Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1 Editions of the \u003ci\u003eCourtier,\u003c\/i\u003e 1528-1850.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2 Readers of the \u003ci\u003eCourtier\u003c\/i\u003e before 1700.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670825857304,"sku":"9780745611518","price":17.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745611518.jpg?v=1789263977","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-fortunes-of-the-courtier-the-european-reception-of-castigliones-cortegiano-paperback-softback-9780745611518","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}