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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.
| condition: |  |
| 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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