Benedetto Croce (1866-1952) was among the most important of those
philosophers of the twentieth century who grappled with issues of
pure aesthetics. The series of lectures written in 1912 as the
inaugural address of the Rice Institute in Texas and collected
under the title Breviario di estetica (Breviary of Aesthetics) is
undoubtedly Croce's definitive study of the arts, and the work
remains foundational in the philosophy of aesthetics to this day.
It has been translated into several languages and continues to
attract a wide readership. In this edition, the Breviary of
Aesthetics is presented in a brand new English translation and
accompanied by informative endnotes that discuss many of the
philosophers, writers, and works cited by Croce in his original
text. The new translation deliberately preserves the idiosyncratic
use of language for which Croce was famous, and emphasizes his
writing style, which, together with that of Galileo Galilei, is
considered to be among the most lucid in Italian literature. An
introduction by Remo Bodei discusses the broader impact of the work
and places it in historical context. In short, this edition
reintroduces a seminal text on aesthetics to a new generation of
English-speaking readers, and represents a significant contribution
to the Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library series.
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