Machiavelli in the British Isles [[electronic resource] ] : two early modern translations of the Prince / / Alessandra Petrina

• Autore: Petrina Alessandra
• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington VT, : Ashgate, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.1
• Soggetto topico: Translating and interpreting - Great Britain - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Machiavelli's Principe and its Early Appearance in the British Isles; 2 English Manuscript Translations; 3 The Burgess Humanist: A Life of William Fowler; 4 The Fowler Translation: The State of the Manuscripts; 5 The Queen's College Translation: The State of the Manuscript; 6 A Critical Reading and Commentary on the Translations; Appendix 1 The Fowler Translation; Appendix 2 The Queen's College Translation; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Concentrating on William Fowler's Scottish translation and the Queen's College (Oxford) English version, this book investigates four early translations of Niccolò Machiavelli's Prince, surviving in manuscript form, to analyze the impact of this book in sixteenth-century Britain. Petrina traces the history of each manuscript's circulation and readership, presenting annotated editions of the Fowler and Queen's College translations, with comparisons to the original Italian as well as French and Latin versions
• Titolo autorizzato: Machiavelli in the British Isles
• ISBN: 1-315-59314-9; 1-317-10291-6; 1-317-10290-8; 1-282-34448-X; 9786612344480; 0-7546-9630-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780812303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Anglo-Italian Renaissance studies series.