The Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics: Readings in Livy, Machiavelli and Rousseau - Melissa M. Matthes - Books - Pennsylvania State University Press - 9780271020549 - January 31, 2001
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The Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics: Readings in Livy, Machiavelli and Rousseau


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A study of the way in which republican theorists in different eras - Livy, Machiavelli and Rousseau - retell the story of the rape of Lucretia to support their conceptions of republicanism. The recurring presentation of the story as theatre reveals the performative elements of republicanism.


192 pages, 1 b&w illustration

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released January 31, 2001
ISBN13 9780271020549
Publishers Pennsylvania State University Press
Pages 192
Dimensions 215 × 229 × 18 mm   ·   445 g

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