Publishing The Prince: History, Reading, and the Birth of Political Criticism
"Jacob Soll traces the origins of Enlightenment criticism to the practices of learned humanists and hard-pressed literary entrepreneurs. This learned and lively book is also a tour de force of historical research and interpretation."\ —-Anthony Grafton, author of Cardano's Cosmos and Bring Out Your Dead "Brilliant. How the printed page changed political philosophy into investigative reporting, and reason of state into the unmasking of power."\ —-J. G. A. Pocock, author of The...
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An in-depth look at how Renaissance reading practices set the basis for Enlightenment political criticism
1Political theory as textual criticism12How to teach kings to read history223Political power in the archives414In the workshop of politics595How to read a subversive726The Machiavellian reformation897An enlightened prince reads Machiavelli, and a Philosophe publishes the prince115Catalog of works by Abraham-Nicolas Amelot de La Houssaye171
