CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. PREFACE viii
4. ABBREVIATIONS xii
5. INTRODUCTION: The Letters in Machiavelli Studies 1
6. CHAPTER ONE: Renaissance Epistolarity 18
7. CHAPTER TWO: Contexts Personal and Political 58
8. CHAPTER THREE: “Formerly Secretary” 95
9. CHAPTER FOUR: Speaking like Romans 136
10. CHAPTER FIVE : The Prince “Addressed” to Francesco Vettori 176
11. CHAPTER SIX: Geta and the “Antiqui Huomini” (The Letter of 10 December 1513) 215
12. CHAPTER SEVEN: “A Ridiculous Metamorphosis” 241
13. CHAPTER EIGHT: “After a Thousand Years” 277
14. CHAPTER NINE: Poetry and Politic 313
15. EPILOGUE: The Poets of the Discourses 335
16. Index 351