by Niccolò Machiavelli · Newton Compton Editori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788881834785
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«La mandragola» is the Renaissance comedy by Niccolò Machiavelli, published by Newton Compton Editori in paperback (100 pages, in Italian).
A young Florentine falls in love with the wife of a naive husband and devises a trick to win her. A bribed confessor convinces the woman, and the stratagem leads to comic and paradoxical situations. The comedy portrays unscrupulous characters, driven solely by self-interest and pleasure, and satirizes the hypocrisy and moral corruption of its time.
Complete edition from the Tascabili economici Newton collection, with an introduction by Nino Borsellino, notes by Alessandro Capata, and a new critical text.
Of interest to students of Italian and readers of classical theater and Italian Renaissance literature.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince, written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science.
