The 'Myth of Gentillet' reconsidered: an aspect of Elizabethan Machiavellianism.(Book Review)

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Bawcutt, N.W. | Copyright information

The 'Myth of Gentillet' Reconsidered: An Aspect of Elizabethan Machiavellianism by N. W Bawcutt

The role played by Innocent Gentillet's notorious attack on Machiavelli, published in 1576, in the Elizabethan response to Machiavelli's writings has been much debated. The recent tendency, notably in Felix Raab's 'The English Face of Machiavelli', has been to dismiss Gentillet's influence altogether. The present article puts together a number of allusions to, and borrowings ...

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