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Synopsis"A document of persecuted love--perfect." --The Independent"Highsmith was the first writer to mix roadside Americana, transgressive sex, and the impinging threat of a morals charge--and she went about it as masterfully as anyone." --Terry Castle, The New Republic, This Norton Critical Edition includes: Wayne A. Rebhorn's thorough and thought-provoking introduction to Machiavelli, his world, and his famous political treatise. An accurate and highly readable translation, detailed explanatory annotations, and a map of North Central Italy in Machiavelli's time. A judicious selection of Machiavelli's other writings that inform his immense influence as a diplomat, democrat, and correspondent. Twelve interpretative essays from American and European sources, eleven of them new to the Third Edition. A selected Bibliography and an Index., This Norton Critical Edition includes: - Wayne A. Rebhorn's thorough and thought-provoking introduction to Machiavelli, his world, and his famous political treatise (1513). - An accurate and highly readable translation, detailed explanatory annotations, and a map of North Central Italy in Machiavelli's time. - A judicious selection of Machiavelli's other writings that inform his immense influence as a diplomat, democrat, and correspondent. - Twelve interpretive essays from American and European sources, eleven of them new to the Third Edition. - A selected bibliography and an index. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need., "A highly-readable translation and very inclusive selection of critical responses, making this the best edition of the text for an undergraduate readership." --Christian M. Billing, University of Hull "It is quite thorough for one semester, and bears up well for ongoing study. This is a very well-thought-out concept for such a seminal work. It more than meets the requirements for my upper-level undergraduate courses." --Jeff Steele, Principia College