Prominent international scholars in the fields of philosophy and literature seek to dismantle old myths about the differences between orality and writing, about the signs and traces of gender in writing, and about the future possibility of a musical thinking that would go beyond…
Between Philosophy and Poetry examines the complex and controversial relation that has informed literary theory since ancient times: the difference between philosophy and poetry. The book explores three specific areas: the practice of writing with respect to orality; the interpr…
Benedetto Croce was the foremost Italian philosopher of the first half of the twentieth century and his influence extended to every aspect of intellectual life in Italy. He played a significant, sometimes crucial, role in Italian politics, and his writing commanded attention thr…