Moderation and the Mean in the Literature of Spain’s Golden Age:A Measure for Measure (Oxford Mode Languages and Literature Monographs)

by: Richard Rabone (Author)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2023/9/13

Language: English

Print Length: 320 pages

ISBN-10: 019286274X

ISBN-13: 9780192862747

Book Description

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 mode 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 mode 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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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 mode 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 mode 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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