Machiavellian Rhetoric
From the Counter-Reformation to Milton
Victoria Kahn(Author)
Princeton University Press
Published on 25. July 1994
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-691-03491-1 (ISBN)
Description
Historians of political thought have argued that the real Machiavelli is the republican thinker and theorist of civic virtue. This study argues in contrast that Renaissance readers were right to see Machiavelli as a figure of force and fraud, rhetorical cunning and deception. Taking the rhetorical Machiavel as a point of departure, Victoria Kahn argues that this figure is not simply the result of a naive misreading of Machiavelli, but is attuned to the rhetorical dimension of his political theory in a way that later thematic readings of Machiavelli are not. Her aim is to provide a revised history of Renaissance Machiavellism, particularly in England: one that sees the Machiavel and the republican as equally valid - and related - readings of Machiavelli's work.
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"Kahn's argument and detailed readings combine to make an original and impressive study. . . .A refreshing, brisk approach; Kahn should convince."---Joad Raymond, Times Higher Education SupplementMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 197 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-03491-1 (9780691034911)
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Victoria Kahn is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. She is the author of Rhetoric, Prudence, and Skepticism in the Renaissance (Cornell) and co-editor, with Albert Ascoli, of Machiavelli and the Discourse of Literature (Cornell).