CUNY Academic Commons | Megan McMahon - Owens | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/meganmo112/activity/ Activity feed for Megan McMahon - Owens. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 07ceb3ef4d9a3e569bc382f3763cad11 Megan McMahon - Owens (she/her/hers) wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=821 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 03:39:45 -0500 Over the course of this class, we’ve discussed and analyzed many famous Italian authors who are widely regarded as some of the greats within their field. However, while these authors remain influential today, t […]

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One of the core themes of Machiavelli’s “The Prince” is that of virtue. In parti […]

]]> e9ba4a9ceda74569f2c59f9a99dd3e65 Megan McMahon - Owens (she/her/hers) commented on the post, Today's activity, on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/todays-activity/#comment-1148 Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:52:01 -0500 The main idea to chapter 8 of The Prince is that sometimes, in becoming a prince, it is necessary to carry out violence/cruel acts to secure your power, but that you shouldn’t carry out violence too often as to […]

]]> 939c754c22d4f12a5aed75814632b711 Megan McMahon - Owens (she/her/hers) wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=663 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 03:26:14 -0500 One part of Angela da Foligno’s Memorial that interested me was on page 29, where Angela states that she wishes to die a “vile death”. This took place during the 14th step, where begins to wish that she could […]

]]> c78ab75eda2ecd3f95fabbb7b63c8fb5 Megan McMahon - Owens (she/her/hers) wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=601 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 23:57:06 -0500 ‘The Story of Griselda, Part 1: Marriage” commission by the noble Spannocchi family in 1494 (The story of Griselda, part I: Marriage. The National Gallery. (n.d.). Retrieved November 14, 2021, from […]

]]> 8b78b3623ed1129ff613a63449a818ed Megan McMahon - Owens (she/her/hers) commented on the post, Canzoniere 61: Bound, on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/canzoniere-61-bound/#comment-384 Sun, 31 Oct 2021 00:42:43 -0400 Hi Jannah, great analysis! I like how you consistently referred back to lines in the sonnet and elaborated on them, which makes it really clear for the reader to follow along. I also thought it was interesting […]

]]> b3afbff35d5a76f5600d9449d02ec8b8 Megan McMahon - Owens (she/her/hers) wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=496 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:58:44 -0400 ‘A Mediterranean Brigantine Drifting Onto a Rocky Coast in a Storm’ painted by Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707). This was painted following Sir Thomas Wyatt’s (1503-1542) translation of Petrarca’s 189 […]

]]> 1145c7a732eb0d4cdc38df45ab723e2f Megan McMahon - Owens (she/her/hers) wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=361 Sat, 02 Oct 2021 21:28:23 -0400 Dante Alighieri is widely considered one of the greatest poets of all time, and for good reason. His most famous work, The Divine Comedy, is still greatly influential today despite being released around 650 years […]

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