This book provides the first English study (comprehensive of introductory essays, translations, and notes) of five prominent Italian Renaissance utopias: Doni's Wise and Crazy World, 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.

Antonio Donato is Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy at Queens College, City University of New York, USA. He is the author of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as a Product of Late Antiquity.

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

PART I: Wise and Crazy World by Anton Francesco Doni

CHAPTER 2: An introduction to Wise and Crazy World by Anton Francesco Doni

CHAPTER 3: Translation of Wise and Crazy World by Anton Francesco Doni

PART II: The Happy City by Francesco Patrizi of Cherso

CHAPTER 4: An introduction to The Happy City by Francesco Patrizi of Cherso

CHAPTER 5: Translation of The Happy Cityby Francesco Patrizi of Cherso

PART III: Aromatario or The Republic of Utopia by Lodovico Zuccolo

CHAPTER 6: An introduction toAromatario or The Republic of Utopia by Lodovico Zuccolo

CHAPTER 7: Translation of Aromatario or The Republic of Utopia by Lodovico Zuccolo

PART IV: Porto or The Republic of Evandria by Lodovico Zuccolo

CHAPTER 8: An introduction to Porto or The Republic of Evandriaby Lodovico Zuccolo

CHAPTER 9: Translation of Porto or The Republic of Evandria by Lodovico Zuccolo

PART V: Belluzzi or The Happy City by Lodovico Zuccolo

CHAPTER 10: An introduction to Belluzzi or The Happy City by Lodovico Zuccolo

CHAPTER 11: Translation of Belluzzi or The Happy City by Lodovico Zuccolo.