Drama and Ethos

Natural-Law Ethics in Spanish Golden Age Theater

Robert L. Fiore (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

136 Seiten

2014
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-5239-4 (ISBN)

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Spanish Golden Age drama as an expression of morality falls between the extremes of art-for-art's-sake and utilitarianism. According to Spanish literary critics of the 16th and 17th centuries, drama imitated reality, the subject and domain of philosophy. The integration of drama and scholastic moral philosophy was an important aspect of the critical theory of this era, which held that art should both teach and delight.

Through close textual analysis of representative plays, this book examines the artistic fusion of natural-law philosophy and drama. It demonstrates the relationship between ethics and the central ideological themes of these works, illustrating that an awareness of the doctrines of natural law ethics is crucial to an enriched comprehension of the drama of Golden Age Spain.

Robert L. Fiore is associate professor of Spanish at Michigan State University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Romance Languages
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8131-5239-9 / 0813152399
ISBN-13	978-0-8131-5239-4 / 9780813152394
Zustand	Neuware