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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.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: New Art of Autobiography
• Subtitle: An Essay on the Life of Giambattista Vico Written by Himself
• Author: Donald Phillip Verene
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 280
• EAN: 9780198239000
• ISBN: 0198239009
• ID: 04523820
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 484 g
• Dimensions: 224 × 146 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. August 1991

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