Moderation and the Mean in the Literature of Spain's Golden Age

A Measure for Measure

AvRichard Rabone

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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This book presents the first sustained analysis of the reception of the Aristotelian golden mean and related ideas of moderation in the literature and thought of early modern Spain (1500-1700). It explores the Golden-Age understanding of Aristotle's doctrine as a prolegomenon to literary study, and its allegorical reformulation in the myths of Icarus and Phaethon, before arguing that scrutiny of how the mean and the related concept of ethical moderation are treated by early modern authors represents a vital but underexploited tool for literary analysis. Particular attention is paid to detailed case studies of works by three canonical authors--Garcilaso, Calderón, Gracián--demonstrating the value of the mean as a locus of critical attention, as analysis of its presentation allows several long-standing disputes in the scholarship on these authors to be newly resolved.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-06-13
Mått:163 x 242 x 23 mm
Vikt:634 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780192862747

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Richard Rabone is Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Warwick. He holds a degree in Classics and Modern Languages and a doctorate in Spanish literature from the University of Oxford. His research focuses on the literature and culture of early modern Spain, with particular emphasis on the reception of classical authorities.

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Rabone has provided a very rich and interesting overview that does not exhaust the subject, but clearly establishes the interpretive meanings that coexisted in parallel during the period. It should be added that the book is a goldmine for anyone studying Hispanic literature and the classical tradition in these centuries. Therefore, it is a research that will undoubtedly be required reference for specialists and for those who wish to delve into a rich and enjoyable read.

Innehållsförteckning

1: Aristotelian Wisdom? The Doctrine of the Mean à la mode 2: A Protean Moral? Aristotelian Metamorphoses in the Figures of Icarus, Daedalus, and Phaethon 3: Remedia amoris? Love and the Problem of Excess in the Poetry of Garcilaso de la Vega 4: Speculum prudentiae? Means of Kingship and the Functioning of Tragedy in Calderón's El médico de su honra 5: Trivial Pursuit? Extremes, Resolution, and the Search for Happiness in Gracián's El Criticón 6: A modo de conclusión: Imitation and the Future of the modus