Ariosto, Shakespeare and Corneille

Taylor & Francis

Ariosto, Shakespeare and CorneilleAuthor(s): Benedetto Croce, Douglas Ainslie\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367144371, 978-0367144371\nSynopsis\nOriginally published in 1921 this volume consists of the first of Croces literary criticisms to be published in English and as well as a section on Shakespeare, it contains unique essays on Ariosto and Corneille which together inaugurated a new era in literary criticism. The essays are based on Croces Theory of Aesthetic - a theory which to many is the only one that completely explains the problem of poetry and the fine arts - and as a result are profound and suggestive.