Annotated Bibliographies
In the following bibliographies, we examined The Prince through the lens of politics, both civil and military, satire, historical figures, religion, nationalism, paradox, and humanism. Jacob Copley, through examination of Yves Winter and Timothy J. Lukes' work, explored Machiavelli’s views of the connection between politics and war. Yosef Ibitayo explained how Garret Mattingly and John M. Najemy believed that Machiavelli used The Prince to criticize some of the major political figures in Italy during his time. Carmen Saleme detailed the process by which Erica Benner and Thomas M. Greene exposed the inconsistencies in The Prince's text to form an opinion contrary to the common belief of The Prince as a serious work of political science. Caroline Mahaiver examined how John Langton, Mary G. Dietz, and Felix Gilbert used The Prince in order to find the truth between the apparent paradox inherent in Machiavelli's works, and how Machiavelli used realism in order to create a set of principles usable in various situations of power. Finally, Carlo Vanz looked at how Felix Gilbert and Nathan Tarcov reinterpreted The Prince as a novel intended to inspire patriotism and nationalism within its readers.
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