by Niccolò Machiavelli · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806069995
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«Mandragola» is the Renaissance comedy by Niccolò Machiavelli, published by Einaudi in paperback (81 pages, in Italian).
Young Callimaco, in love with Lucrecia, exploits the credulity of her old husband Nicia by convincing him that a mandrake potion will give them a son. With the complicity of Lucrecia's mother and a venal friar, the plot becomes a satire of religious hypocrisy and Renaissance morality.
Mandragola belongs to Einaudi's Collezione di teatro collection (number 33), edited by Guido Davico Bonino.
Aimed at students of Italian literature and readers of classical Renaissance theater.
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.
