The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli · Renaissance · Political philosophy
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Renaissance
Explore 28 works associated with Renaissance in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
Utopia
Thomas More · Renaissance · Political fiction
Discourses on Livy
Niccolò Machiavelli · Renaissance · Political philosophy
Essays
Michel de Montaigne · Renaissance · Essays
Canzoniere
Petrarch · Renaissance · Poetry / letters
Letters on Familiar Matters
Petrarch · Renaissance · Poetry / letters
On Painting
Leon Battista Alberti · Renaissance · Art theory / architecture
On the Art of Building
Leon Battista Alberti · Renaissance · Art theory / architecture
Platonic Theology
Marsilio Ficino · Renaissance · Philosophy
Oration on the Dignity of Man
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola · Renaissance · Philosophy / humanism
The Praise of Folly
Desiderius Erasmus · Renaissance · Satire
In Praise of Folly
Desiderius Erasmus · Renaissance · Satire
Orlando Furioso
Ludovico Ariosto · Renaissance · Epic poetry
The Art of War
Niccolò Machiavelli · Renaissance · History / drama
The Mandrake
Niccolò Machiavelli · Renaissance · History / drama
The Book of the Courtier
Baldassare Castiglione · Renaissance · Conduct literature
Gargantua and Pantagruel
François Rabelais · Renaissance · Satirical fiction
Florentine Histories
Niccolò Machiavelli · Renaissance · History / drama
A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation
Thomas More · Renaissance · Theology / controversy
The Defence and Illustration of the French Language
Joachim du Bellay · Renaissance · Poetry / criticism
Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
Giorgio Vasari · Renaissance · Art history / biography
The Amours
Pierre de Ronsard · Renaissance · Poetry
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini · Renaissance · Autobiography
The Regrets
Joachim du Bellay · Renaissance · Poetry / criticism
The Shepheardes Calender
Edmund Spenser · Renaissance · Epic poetry
Travel Journal
Michel de Montaigne · Renaissance · Travel writing / essays
Jerusalem Delivered
Torquato Tasso · Renaissance · Epic poetry
The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser · Renaissance · Epic poetry