RIVISTA DI STUDI ITALIANI | |
Anno XX , n° 2, Dicembre 2002 ( Contributi ) | pag. 59-74 |
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THE WRITING AND PUBLICATION OF BENEDETTO CROCE'S HISTORY OF ITALY FROM 1871 TO 1915 | |
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FABIO RIZI | |
Toronto, Ontario | |
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Besides all his other cultural and political activities, and despite the shock of the invasion of his house, from the middle of 1926 to the end of 1927, Croce was occupied in writing La Storia d'Italia dal 1871 al 1915. The research began in June 1926, and by July 1927 the readings were done and the writing began. In the first days of December Croce went to Bari and gave the manuscript personally to Laterza; in January 1928 the first edition was published, and the book immediately became a bestseller. The book was an extraordinary event then and has remained at the center of historical debate ever since, praised and blamed with equal force, always with political motivation clearly evident. In 1928, La Storia d'Italia fully achieved Croce's aim, which was the defense of liberal Italy from the denigrations of fascism1. |
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