Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-238) and index.
Contents:
The cuckhold in Machiavelli's Mandragola / Harvey C. Mansfield -- Clizia and the enlightenment of private life / Robert Faulkner -- Comedy, Machiavelli's letters, and his imaginary republics / Arlene W. Saxonhouse -- Machiavelli's discourse on language / Susan Meld Shell -- Tragic Machiavelli / Ronald L. Martinez -- Lost in the wilderness: love and longing in L'Asino / Michael Harvey -- The politician as writer / Franco Fido -- Beyond limits: time, space, language in Machiavelli's Decennali / Barbara J. Godorecci -- The classical heritage in Machiavelli's histories: symbol and poetry as historical literature / Edmund E. Jacobitti.
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