The Idea of Beauty in Italian Literature and Language

"il Buono Amore È Di Bellezza Disio"

• Author(s): Claudio Di Felice, Harald Hendrix, Philiep Bossier,
• Publisher: Brill
• Pages: 383
• ISBN_10: 900438894X
  ISBN_13: 9789004388949
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / General , Art / History / General , Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / European / Italian , Philosophy / Aesthetics ,

Description:... Beauty is a central concept in the Italian cultural imagination throughout its history and in virtually all its manifestations. It particularly permeates the domains that have governed the construction of Italian identity: literature and language. The Idea of Beauty in Italian Literature and Language assesses this long tradition in a series of essays covering a wide chronological and thematic range, while crossing from historical linguistics to literary and cultural studies. It offers elements for reflection on cross-disciplinary approaches in the humanities, and demonstrates the power of beauty as a fundamental category beyond aesthetics.