Moderation and the Mean in the Literature of Spain's Golden Age : A Measure for Measure
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
019286274X
ISBN-13
9780192862747
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 13th, 2023
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
638 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 24.10 x 2.90 cms
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A sustained analysis of the reception of the Aristotelian golden mean in early modern Spanish literature. Studying works of three canonical authors--Garcilaso, Calderón, Gracián--it argues that the ethical credo of moderation was an important part of the classical inheritance on which Golden Age authors frequently drew.
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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