About the Book
This comprehensive bibliographic guide to the books, monographs, articles and editions, translations, reviews, and dissertations on this important Renaissance writer provides the much-needed, annotated research source for scholarship and criticism published between 1935 and 1985. Research published after 1985 and available in annotated or abstracted form through computer searches is cited in an appendix. Annotations cover bibliographies, biographies, general and specific criticism, and new primary materials. 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
Those studying Niccolo Machiavelli have long endured the unavailability of a single, complete, interdisciplinary bibliographic guide to the vast number of books, articles, and reviews on the Renaissance writer and thinker who profoundly influenced the development of modern thought. This monumental bibliography provides the much-needed and comprehensive annotated research source for scholarship and criticism published on the Florentine 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. Niccolo Machiavelli surpasses both Norsa's extensive but unannotated bibliography covering the years 1740-1935 and Fido's more recent survey which omits many articles and overlooks important studies in the social sciences especially in the last thirty years.
Using a systematic, uniform, and easily accessible format, the volume, which covers more than 50 years of Machiavelli criticism, presents complete descriptions 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. Included in this wealth of materials are books, monographs, articles, editions, translations, reviews, and dissertations. Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year the bibliography's user-friendly format includes reviews immediately following the documentation for the book or article in question. Keyed to the annotations, four separate indices (author, title, subject/name, and Machiavelli's works) enhance access to the large and varied amount of work on Machiavelli. The volume will implement the research efforts of both Machiavelli scholars and those in related general and specific fields.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Bibliography, 1935-1988
Author Index
Title Index
Name/Subject Index
Index of Machiavelli's Works
About the Author :
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.
Review :
"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
