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Castiglione, Baldesar : The Book of the Courtier

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Series: Penguin Classics.

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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category: Books > Foreign Language Books > Books in English > Literature in English >
publisher: Penguin Books, 1987
item number / ISBN: 9780140441925
binding: paperback
pages: 367
language: English
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