| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 277 pages) : illustrations |
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Toronto Italian studies |
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Toronto Italian studies.
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| Contents |
Chapter One: The Life of Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi -- Chapter Two: Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi and Niccolo Machiavelli -- Chapter Three: A History of the Pistola fatta per la peste: Its Manuscripts, Publication History and a Close Reading of the Text -- Conclusion: Pistola, Patron, Client and the Proposed Strozzi Marriage of 1525 -- Figures:Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi's Pistola fatta per la peste: An Italian Edition and an English Translation of the Text -- Appendix One: Supplemental Transcriptions from Banco Rari 29 -- Appendix Two: Francesco Zeffi's "Vita" Of Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi -- Appendix Three: A Recipe for an Antidote against the Plague by Mengo Bianchelli -- Appendix Four: Niccolo Machiavelli's Minuta di Provvisione per la Riforma dello Stato di Firenze L'Anno 1522 |
| Summary |
William J. Landon reveals Strozzi's influence on Machiavelli through wide-ranging textual investigations, and especially through Strozzi's Pistola fatta per la peste for which Landon has provided the first ever complete English translation and critical edition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Includes the Italian text of Pistola fatta per la peste followed by the English translation on the facing page |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Strozzi, Lorenzo di Filippo, 1482-1547.
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Strozzi, Lorenzo di Filippo, 1482-1547 -- Influence
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Strozzi, Lorenzo di Filippo, 1482-1547. Pistola fatta per la peste -- Criticism, Textual
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
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| SUBJECT |
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 fast |
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Strozzi, Lorenzo di Filippo, 1482-1547 fast |
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Pistola fatta per la peste (Strozzi, Lorenzo di Filippo) fast |
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Plague in literature.
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Authors, Italian -- 16th century -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Renaissance.
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Authors, Italian
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Plague in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Strozzi, Lorenzo di Filippo, 1482-1547.
Pistola fatta per la peste.
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Strozzi, Lorenzo di Filippo, 1482-1547.
Pistola fatta per la peste. English.
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| ISBN |
9781442699472 |
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1442699477 |
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