Niccolo Machiavelli: An Annotated Bibliography of Modern Criticism and Scholarship

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This bibliography provides a comprehensive annotated research source for scholarship and criticism published on Niccolo Machiavelli between 1935 and 1985. To make this reference as current and complete as possible, an unannotated appendix cites research published after 1985 that is available in annotated or abstracted form through computer searches. Using a systematic format, the volume presents complete description of the works with all bibliographic data. The descriptive summaries encompass the entire range of modern critical and scholarly study in all languages, including bibliographies, biographies, general and specific criticism and new primary materials such as manuscripts. Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year the bibliography's format includes reviews immediately following the documentation for the book or article in question.

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"I was very much impressed . . . and I am sure that it will be most useful . . . to all students of Machiavelli, including veterans, novices, and undergraduates."-Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. Frank G. Thompson Professor of Government Harvard University
"It is almost impossible to keep informed about what has been going on in this field, and the Annotated Bibliography . . . will be of immense value."-Felix Gilbert School of Historical Studies The Institute for Advanced Study
"It is an important and significant book, sure to provide scholars with a guide through the Florentine secretary's writings for the next several decades."-Peter Bondanella Professor of Italian Studies, Indiana University
Silvia Ruffo Fiore is to be commended for this splendid bibliography. It is a pleasure and an education to use, to browse, and even to read in its entirety.-The Sixteenth Century Journal
The published bibliography will exist until online sources provide greater depth and breath of coverage for humanistic topics. This bibliography with its chronological order, indexed by authors, titles, topical subjects and/or names, and works by Machiavelli, offers the chronological depth and interdisciplinary breath an online search would not provide. The annotations are thoughtful, and the major European scholars, from Olschki to Eco, are represented. . . . Recommended for research collections.-Choice
"Silvia Ruffo Fiore is to be commended for this splendid bibliography. It is a pleasure and an education to use, to browse, and even to read in its entirety."-The Sixteenth Century Journal
"The published bibliography will exist until online sources provide greater depth and breath of coverage for humanistic topics. This bibliography with its chronological order, indexed by authors, titles, topical subjects and/or names, and works by Machiavelli, offers the chronological depth and interdisciplinary breath an online search would not provide. The annotations are thoughtful, and the major European scholars, from Olschki to Eco, are represented. . . . Recommended for research collections."-Choice

Author Bio

SILVIA RUFFO FIORE is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of South Florida. She is the author of two books and many articles and in 1983 was named Scholar of the Year by the University of South Florida College of Arts and Sciences.