num_pages: 416
description: Though better known today as a political theorist than as a dramatist, Machiavelli secured his fame as a giant in the history of Italian comedy more than fifty years before Shakespeare's comedies delighted English-speaking audiences. This bilingual edition includes all three examples of Machiavelli's comedic sparkling translations of his farcical masterpiece, The Mandrake ; of his version of Terence's The Woman From Andros ; and of his Plautus-inspired Clizia --works whose genre afforded Machiavelli a unique vehicle not only for entertaining audiences but for examining virtue amid the twists and turns of fortune .
language: English
title: The Comedies of Machiavelli: The Woman from Andros; The Mandrake; Clizia (Hackett Classics)
titlecomplete: The Comedies of Machiavelli: The Woman from Andros; The Mandrake; Clizia (Hackett Classics) (English and Italian Edition)
genres: Fiction, Classics, Drama, Plays
ratings_count: 55
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.