biography
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Borgese, Giuseppe Antonio
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pronunciation:
[baw(r)jaysay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1882–1952)
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| biography:
| Critic and writer, born in Polizzi Generosa, Palermo, S Italy. He wrote for a number of reviews, was a lecturer of Italian literature in the USA (1931–45), and was one of the first to maintain the wholeness of the work of art, in opposition to Croce's theories. His most important work is the novel Rubé (1921) about the moral contradictions faced by an intellectual. His many essays include Gabriele D'Annunzio (1909) and La vita e il libro (1910–13). |
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