Veiled Policy in The Book of the Courtier (1528)
by
W.R. Albury
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier (Il libro del cortegiano, 1528), a dialogue in which the interlocutors attempt to describe the perfect courtier, was one of the most influential books of the Renaissance. In recent decades a number of postmodern readings of this work have appeared, emphasizing...