The Idea of Beauty in Italian Literature and Language: "Il buono amore è di bellezza disio"

ISBN-13: 9789004388949 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 384 str.

Claudio Di Felice;Harald Hendrix;Philiep Bossier

Opis

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.