Author: CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARRE CONTE (1478-1529). BULL, GEORGE (1929-2001)
Title: The book of the courtier / Baldesar Castiglione ; translated [from the Italian] and with an introduction by George Bull
Description: Harmondsworth : Penguin Books 1976. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Series; Penguin classics. Edition; Reprinted with revisions. Physical description; 367 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; This translation originally published: 1967. Summary; 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. Subjects; Courts and courtiers. Essays. journals. letters & other prose works. Fiction / Classics. Weight in Kg appr.:

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