After Machiavelli: "Re-writing" and the "Hermeneutic Attitude"

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AFTER MACHIAVELLI Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures Editorial Board Enrique Caracciolo-Trejo, Floyd F. Merrell Series Editor Anthony Julian Tamburri Jeanette Beer Allen G. Wood Paul B. Dixon French Jean Alter Max Aprile Paul Benhamou Willard Bohn Gerard J. Brault Germaine Bree Victor Brombert Mary Ann Caws Gerard Defaux Ursula Franklin Floyd F. Gray Michael Issacharoff Milorad R. Margiti6 Roy Jay Nelson Glyn P. Norton Allan H. Pasco Gerald Prince David Lee Rubin English Showalter, Jr. Italian Fiora A. Bassanese Peter Carravetta Giuseppe C. Di Scipio Benjamin Lawton Associate Editors Luso-Brazilian Fred M. Clark Joaquim-Francisco Coelho Mary L. Daniel Marta Peixoto Spanish and Spanish American Lida Aronne-Amestoy J. B. Avalle-Arce Frank P. Casa Ivy A. Corfis James O. Crosby Frederick A. de Armas Edward Friedman David T. Gies Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria Patricia Hart David K. Herzberger Djelal Kadir Lucille Kerr Marvin A. Lewis Alberto Moreiras Randolph D. Pope Geoffrey Ribbans Francisco Ruiz Ram6n Elzbieta Sklodowska Josep Miquel Sobrer Catherine Swietlicki Mario Valdes Howard Young volume 3 AFTER MACHIAVELLI "Re-writing" and the "Hermeneutic Attitude" Barbara J. Godorecci Purdue University Press West Lafayette, Indiana Copyright © 1993 by Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907. All rights reserved. Unless permission is granted, this material shall not be copied, reproduced, or coded for reproduction by any electrical, mechanical, or chemical processes, or combination thereof, now known or later developed. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Godorecci, Barbara J., 1957After Machiavelli: "re-writing" and the "hermeneutic attitude" I by Barbara J. Godorecci. p. cm. - (Purdue studies in Romance literatures; v. 3) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-55753-045-9 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527-Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series. PQ4627.M2Z72 1993 320.1'092--dc20 93-15905 CIP Design by Anita Noble Printed in the United States of America The SymbolGreek font used to print portions of this work is available from Linguist's Software, Inc., PO Box 580, Edmonds, WA 98020-0580 tel (206) 775-1130. Per Maurizio, Laura, e Giuliano ...