Italian Renaissance Utopias: Doni, Patrizi, and Zuccolo

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This book provides the first English study (comprehensive of introductory essays, translations, and notes) of five prominent Italian Renaissance utopias: Doni’s Wise and CrazyWorld, Patrizi’s The Happy City, and Zuccolo’s The Republic of Utopia, The Republic of Evandria, and The Happy City. The scholarship on Italian Renaissance utopias is still relatively underdeveloped; there is no English translation of these texts (apart from Campanella’s City of Sun), and our understanding of the distinctive features of this utopian tradition is rather limited. This book therefore fills an important gap in the existing critical literature, providing easier access to these utopian texts, and showing how the study of the utopias of Doni, Patrizi, and Zuccolo can shed crucial light on the scholarly debate about the essential traits of Renaissance utopias. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Introduction (Antonio Donato)....Pages 1-5 Front Matter ....Pages 7-7 An Introduction to Wise and Crazy World by Anton Francesco Doni (Antonio Donato)....Pages 9-18 Translation of Wise and Crazy World by Anton Francesco Doni (Antonio Donato)....Pages 19-60 Front Matter ....Pages 61-61 An Introduction to The Happy City by Francesco Patrizi of Cherso (Antonio Donato)....Pages 63-73 Translation of The Happy City by Francesco Patrizi of Cherso (Antonio Donato)....Pages 75-120 Front Matter ....Pages 121-121 An Introduction to Aromatario or The Republic of Utopia by Lodovico Zuccolo (Antonio Donato)....Pages 123-133 Translation of Aromatario or The Republic of Utopia by Lodovico Zuccolo (Antonio Donato)....Pages 135-181 Front Matter ....Pages 183-183 An Introduction to Porto or The Republic of Evandria by Lodovico Zuccolo (Antonio Donato)....Pages 185-199 Translation of Porto or The Republic of Evandria by Lodovico Zuccolo (Antonio Donato)....Pages 201-247 Front Matter ....Pages 249-249 An Introduction to Belluzzi or The Happy City by Lodovico Zuccolo (Antonio Donato)....Pages 251-260 Translation of Belluzzi or The Happy City by Lodovico Zuccolo (Antonio Donato)....Pages 261-305 Back Matter ....Pages 307-318