Moderation and the Mean in the Literature of Spain's Golden Age : A Measure for Measure EPUB
by Richard Rabone
Part of the Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs series
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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 treatedby 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 itspresentation allows several long-standing disputes in the scholarship on these authors to be newly resolved.
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- Publication Date:19/05/2023
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- Publisher:OUP Oxford
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- ISBN:9780192677235
