CRITICISM

Brown, Merle E. Neo-Idealistic Aesthetics: Croce-Gentile-Collingwood. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1966, 260 p.

Examines the similarities and differences in the aesthetics of Croce, Gentile, and Collingwood.

Harris, H. S. The Social Philosophy of Giovanni Gentile. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1960, 386 p.

Examines the practical social applications of Gentile's thought.

Holmes, Roger W. The Idealism of Giovanni Gentile. New York: Macmillan Company, 1937, 246 p.

Explains innovations made by Gentile in the area of idealism.

Parente, Diretta da Alfredo. “Croce, Gentile, and Hegel and the Doctrine of the Ethical State,” Rivista di Studi Crociani (December 1983): 263-81.

Evaluates the respective Hegelian interpretations of Gentile and Croce as the two philosophers applied them to their theories of the state and ethics.

Romanell, Patrick. Croce versus Gentile: A Dialogue on Contemporary Italian Philosophy. New York: S. F. Vanni, 1946, 72 p.

Brief overview of the main point of dispute between Gentile and Croce.

Smith, William A. Giovanni Gentile on the Existence of God. Louvain: Editions Nauwelaerts, 1970, 138 p.

Examines the place of God in Gentile's system of “thinking as pure act.”

Additional coverage of Gentile's life and career is contained in the following source published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 119.