{"product_id":"machiavelli-mark-jurdjevic-9780812224337","title":"Machiavelli: Political, Historical, and Literary Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout his life, Niccolò Machiavelli was deeply invested in Florentine culture and politics. More than any other priority, his overriding central concerns, informed by his understanding of his city's history, were the present and future strength and independence of Florence. This volume highlights and explores this underappreciated aspect of Machiavelli's intellectual preoccupations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranscending a narrow emphasis on his two most famous works of political thought, \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eDiscourses on Livy\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Jurdjevic and Meredith K. Ray instead present a wide sample of the many genres in which he wrote--not only political theory but also letters, poetry, plays, comedy, and, most substantially, history. Throughout his writing, the city of Florence was at the same time his principal subject and his principal context. Florentine culture and history structured his mental landscape, determined his idiom, underpinned his politics, and endowed everything he wrote with urgency and purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Florentine particulars in Machiavelli's writing reveal aspects of his psyche, politics, and life that are little known outside of specialist circles--particularly his optimism and idealism, his warmth and humor, his capacity for affection and loyalty, and his stubborn, enduring republicanism. \u003ci\u003eMachiavelli: Political, Historical, and Literary Writings\u003c\/i\u003e has been carefully curated to reveal those crucial but lesser known aspects of Machiavelli's thought and to show how his major arguments evolved within a dynamic Florentine setting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Jurdjevic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812224337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812224337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2020","brand":"Mark Jurdjevic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926357213439,"sku":"9780812224337","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8bfc3eed-9481-4ccd-ad26-fbfc0d6e0ada.jpg?v=1681082625","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/machiavelli-mark-jurdjevic-9780812224337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}