Vico's cultural history : : the production and transmission of ideas in Naples, 1685-1750 / / by Harold Samuel Stone.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 73
• VerfasserIn: Stone, Harold Samuel, 1949-
• Place / Publishing House: New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 73.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (351 pages)

A study of the cultural world of Giambattista Vico, one of the most creative social theorists of the eighteenth century. Based on extensive manuscript as well as printed materials, and relying on the methods of book and publishing history, this volume describes Vico's intellectual community. Special attention is paid to the interaction between scholars and Naples' vibrant operatic and artistic community. The first part of the book investigates a controversy concerning an inquisitorial investigation, Neapolitan travel literature, the papers of a scientific academy, and the patronage system for book publication. The second part describes the cultural context of Vico's writings and especially the three editions of The New Science . This work explains the accomplishments that made Naples one of the great cultural centers of the early Enlightenment.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER ONE: PRINTING AND READING IN NAPLES IN THE LATE 1680S / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER TWO: THE INDEX AND THE ATOMISTS / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER THREE: THE WAR BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND THE MODERNS: THE NEAPOLITAN FRONT / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER FOUR: NEW PUBLICATIONS IN THE 1690S: TRAVEL LITERATURE AND CELEBRATORY VERSE / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER FIVE: THE ACADEMY FOUNDED BY MEDINA COELI / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER SIX: THE END OF SPANISH HAPSBURG RULE IN NAPLES / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER SEVEN: THE AUSTRIAN INVASION OF NAPLES OF 1707 / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER EIGHT: AN ITALIAN PERSPECTIVE ON NEAPOLITAN PUBLISHING AND THINKING / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER NINE: VICO'S FIRST PUBLISHED SCHOLARLY WORKS AND HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH DORIA / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER TEN: PRINTING FOR THE DIFFERENT READING PUBLICS IN NAPLES / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE NEW STYLE OF VINCI AND THE NEW SCIENCE OF VICO / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER TWELVE: BOOKSELLERS AND READERS: NEWTONIANS AND THE HISTORY OF RELIGION / Harold Samuel Stone -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CODAS AND LAST WORKS / Harold Samuel Stone -- INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS / Harold Samuel Stone -- INDEX OF PRIMARY MATERIAL / Harold Samuel Stone -- INDEX OF MODERN SOURCES / Harold Samuel Stone.