Beskrivelse
Though better known today as a political theorist than as a dramatist, Machiavelli secured his fame as a giant in the history of Italian comedy more than fifty years before Shakespeare»s comedies delighted English-speaking audiences. This bilingual edition includes all three examples of Machiavelli»s comedic art: sparkling translations of his farcical masterpiece, The Mandrake; of his version of Terence»s The Woman From Andros; and of his Plautus-inspired Clizia–works whose genre afforded Machiavelli a unique vehicle not only for entertaining audiences but for examining virtue amid the twists and turns of fortune.
