Ariosto

by Benedetto Croce, Giuseppe Galasso (Editor)

Ariosto, si è detto per secoli, è poeta incantevole, seducente, invincibile. Ma perché i suoi versi agiscono in questo modo? Qual è il loro segreto? Perché continuano a incantarci? Croce si pose tali interrogativi e riuscì a rispondervi con questo saggio, che rimane fra le sue opere in assoluto più felici e quasi come dimostrazione in atto di che cosa possa voler dire la sua celebre distinzione fra poesia e non poesia. In Ariosto, Croce isola «l’armonia» come centro occulto dell’Orlando furioso, ma soprattutto ci fa vedere, attraverso molteplici esempi, che cosa di fatto sia, come si articoli, come si difenda questa armonia. Rare volte la teoria e la pratica di un filosofo della letteratura hanno coinciso così perfettamente come in questo testo. Ariosto fu pubblicato per la prima volta in volume nel 1920.

123 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1920

About the author

From 1902, Benedetto Croce, noted Italian historian and critic, wrote the four-volume Philosophy of the Spirit as a major work of modern idealism to 1917, and staunchly opposed Fascism.

This politician wrote on numerous topics, including aesthetics. A very strict Catholic family reared Benedetto Croce. After an earthquake in 1883 killed his parents and only sister and buried him for a very long time, he barely survived. From Catholicism around the age of 18 years in 1884, he turned away as an atheist for the rest of his life. After the incident, he inherited fortune of his family and ably lived the rest in relative leisure, which enabled him to devote a great deal of time.

Benedetto Croce served as the minister of education. He openly resisted participation in World War I. He openly hated the party till his death in 1952.

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Reviews

[Adam McPhee · Rating 1 out of 5]

Only read the section on Ariosto, and I think I get what he's saying about Ariotesque Harmony but I would also like if someone would dumb it down for my little old brain.