Literature And Criticism Classic Reprint

Author : O. K. Struckmeyer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484895644
Total Pages : 38 pages
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Download or read book Croce and Literary Criticism (Classic Reprint) written by O. K. Struckmeyer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Croce and Literary Criticism But it seems that there is a confusion here between difference and differentiation.' Differentiation may be extensive, but how can difference itself be other than in tensive? In the case of pure extension comparison is as unattainable as in the case of pure intension for if the latter is perfect unity, the former is complete disintegration. Pure qualities, indeed, do not submit themselves to valuation, but this is by reason, not of their qualitative, but of their absolute nature. Differences in art value must surely be originally and essentially qualitative; the quantitative element is no more than the mere instrument of our conscious realisation of these qualitative values in terms of difference. But quite probably Croce's meaning is that differences in art value are so essentially qualitative that we can only apprehend them as greater or lesser extensive) manifesta tions of that same absolute quality which we call aesthetic activity. Now, it is a true observation that method of judgment and thing judged are in reality one. If we would judge a work of art our method of judgment must approach as far as possible the reality of the work of art, that is the creation of it. In order to know a thing we must be it. Croce's advocacy of the criterion of expressiveness is then theoretically justified. But in this case can the ideal judgment be said to be any longer a judgment at all? Is it possible for our immediate, absolute and entirely aesthetic intuition of a work of art to be in any true sense a judgment of that work of art? Can criticism be purely contemplative? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.