The Book of the Courtier (Classics S)

The Book of the Courtier (Classics S)

by George Bull (Translator), Baldesar Castiglione (Author), George Bull (Translator), Baldesar Castiglione (Author)

Synopsis

In "The Book of the Courtier" (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essential virtues for those at Court. In a lively series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, his speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour - chiefly discretion, decorum, nonchalance and gracefulness - as well as wider questions such as the duties of a good government and the true nature of love. Castiglione's narrative power and psychological perception make this guide both an entertaining comedy of manners and a revealing window onto the ideals and preoccupations of the Italian Renaissance at the moment of its greatest splendour.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 24 Jun 1976

ISBN 10: 0140441921
ISBN 13: 9780140441925

Author Bio
Castiglione was born in 1478 and a member of an ancient aristocratic family. A courtier throughout his life, his writings were always a secondary affair. George Bull was an author and journlaist who translated six books for the Penguin Classics, including The Prince by Machiavelli. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was made a Knight Commander in 1999.