ISBN:
9781647921170
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (370 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
395
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Front cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Castiglione and His Times -- 2. The Book of the Courtier -- 3. The Translation -- List of Participants -- List of Popes during Castiglione's Lifetime -- Editions Used and Further Reading -- The Book of the Courtier -- Dedicatory Letter -- Book I -- Chapters 1-5: Introduction -- Chapters 6-12: Suggestions for games -- Chapters 13-16: The perfect courtier: the question of birth -- Chapters 17-22: Arms, fighting, and sport -- Chapters 23-28: Grace -- Chapters 29-39: Questions of language and style -- Chapters 40-46: Grace, affectation, and knowledge of letters -- Chapters 47-53: Music, painting, and sculpture -- Chapters 54-56: Arrival of the signor Prefetto and end of the day's discussion -- Book II -- Chapters 1-5: Introduction -- Chapters 6-11: Fighting and sporting -- Chapters 12-13: Making music -- Chapters 14-16: Age and youth -- Chapters 17-25: Behavior toward lords and toward equals -- Chapters 26-28: Dress -- Chapters 29-41: Social relations and behavior -- Chapters 42-56: Laughter and humor: comic stories -- Chapters 57-83: Witty and humorous remarks -- Chapters 84-89: Practical jokes -- Chapters 90-95: Women and humor -- Chapters 96-100: Debate about women: the issue of the court lady -- Book III -- Chapters 1-2: Introduction and a possible subject -- Chapters 3-9: The court lady -- Chapters 10-21: Comparing women and men -- Chapters 22-36: Outstanding women -- Chapters 37-50: Sexual continence in women -- Chapters 51-52: Celebration of women -- Chapters 53-60: Women and love -- Chapters 61-73: Men and love -- Chapters 74-77: The argument continues -- Book IV -- Chapters 1-3: Introduction -- Chapters 4-20: The courtier's final purpose: the moral education of his prince -- Chapters 21-43: The good prince.
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