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Loading... Drama and Ethos: Natural-Law Ethics in Spanish Golden Age Theater (Studies in Romance Languages)by Robert L. Fiore
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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 ethic No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)862.30936Literature Spanish and Portuguese Spanish drama Spanish Golden Age (1499-1681)LC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |