The New Art of Autobiography - An Essay on the Life of Giambattista Vico Written by Himself (Hardcover)

In this, the first full-length study of Vico's highly original autobiography, Verene discusses its place in the history of autobiography generally, and shows it to be the first work of modern intellectual autobiography which uses a genetic method. The author views the autobiography as a work in which Vico applies the principles of human history discussed in New Science, making the telling of his own life an application and verification of his own philosophy. He places Vico's autobiography within the general development of the genre, considering it in relation to Augustine's Confessions, Descartes's Discourse, and Rousseau's Confessions. The author shows Vico to be not only the founder of the philosophy of history, but also the originator of a philosophical art of self-narrative which is the response by a modern thinker to the ancient problem of self-knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1991
Authors:	Donald Phillip Verene (Charles Howard Candler Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy)
Dimensions:	224 x 146 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-823900-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-823900-9
Barcode:	9780198239000

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