The New Art of Autobiography
An Essay on the Life of Giambattista Vico Written by Himself
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Product details:
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Date of Publication 15 August 1991
- ISBN 9780198239000
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages280 pages
- Size 224x146x22 mm
- Weight 484 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 halftone, 1 line figure 0
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Short description:
This study of Vico's autobiography 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. It argues that Vico is not only the founder of the philosophy of history, but also the originator of a philosophical art of self-narrative.
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In this, the first full-length study of Vico's highly original autobiography, Professor Verene discusses its place in the history of the genre. The author views the autobiography as a work in which Vico applies the principles of human history discussed in his New Science, making the telling of his own life an application and verification of his philosophy. He places Vico's book 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.
`Verene has produced a splendid book that will speak with equal force to students of Vico and to students of autobiography.'
Review of Metaphysics, Dec 1993
