A Croce Reader: Aesthetics, Philosophy, History, and.
Article abstract: Croce was modern Italy’s premier philosopher. His extensive writing on philosophy, history, aesthetics, and literary criticism represents a major contribution to European culture.
Benedetto Croce is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.. it contains unique essays on Ariosto and Corneille which together inaugurated a new era in literary criticism. The essays are based on Croce’s Theory of Aesthetic - a theory which to many is the only one that completely explains the problem of poetry and.
The book is a collection of essays by scholars from various disciplines - philosophy, history, literature, and art history - covering the broad scope of Croce's life and work, from his early writings on local Neopolitan history in the 1890s to his activity as a public figure before and after the Second World War.
Benedetto Croce's Poetry and Literature: An Introduction to Its Criticism and History By Benedetto Croce; Giovanni Gullace Southern Illinois University Press, 1981 PS PRIMARY SOURCE A primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides first-hand or direct evidence on a topic.
Cambridge Core - Literary Theory - The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism - edited by Christa Knellwolf.
Having survived an earthquake that killed his entire family, Croce inherited the family's fortune enabling him to lead a life of leisure and academic pursuits. Beginning in 1903, Croce began writing for La Critica, a journal of cultural criticism which became his main outlet for publication over the next 41 years. A follower of Hegel and Fichte.
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (Princeton University Press, 1957) is a book by Canadian literary critic and theorist, Northrop Frye, which attempts to formulate an overall view of the scope, theory, principles, and techniques of literary criticism derived exclusively from literature.