Benedetto Croce: Essays on Literature and Literary CriticismThe literary criticism of Benedetto Croce is considered by many to be the vital part of his thought. These essays, some of which appear for the first time in English, show the breadth and depth of Croce's work as literary critic and presuppose his mature theory of art. The writings are here arranged chronologically according to their subjects, helping to lend coherence to the great variety of subjects Croce treated. Unlike other renderings, these works are annotated and include translations of Latin, Renaissance Italian, and German passages. Also included is a clear and cogent introduction to Crocean aesthetics and an up-to-date bibliography. |
Contents
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Classical Judgments 33333 | 27 |
Terence | 33 |
I The De Rerum Natura II The Georgics | 49 |
Aeneas Facing Dido | 61 |
The Character and Unity of Dantes Poetry | 69 |
The Concluding Canto of the Commedia | 75 |
I The Dream of Love that survives Passion II Canzone My Ancient Sweet Cruel Lord | 83 |
Corneilles Ideal | 127 |
Wagner the Pedant | 139 |
A Case of Decadent Historicism | 145 |
Poes Essays on Poetry | 151 |
Ibsen | 157 |
Gerard Manley Hopkins | 167 |
Notes | 187 |
Selected Bibliography | 225 |
The Realization of Harmony | 95 |
Shakespeares Poetic Sentiment | 107 |
Shakespeares Art | 117 |
Index | 237 |
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