Literature and Ethics : From the Green Knight to the Dark Knight.
This volume examines the crucial relationship between literature and ethics, as it has developed and changed from the late medieval period to the present day. The focus of the volume is predicated upon three interrelated themes: instruction, judgement, and justice. Previous studies of literature and...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- INTRODUCTION; "SUBSTITUTING EARTH FOR GOD"? ETHICS AND THE RECOGNITION OF SPECIFIC PLACE IN SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT AND THE SECRET GARDEN; THE ETHICS OF RENAISSANCE HUMANISM; VIRTUE, JUSTICE AND MORAL ACTION IN SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET; A MAN'S OFFICE, A WOMAN'S SHIELD; MILTON'S "CHASTE THINKING" IN PROLUSION VI; WRITING WOMEN'S LIVES AND THE "ROAD TO DIVORCE"; HONEYDEW ETHICS; KEEPING COMPANY WITH DICKENS; LITERATURE, THEORY AND THE BEATIFIC EFFECTS OF READING; "FAMILIAR HEARTS"; ETHICS, VIOLENCE AND THE SELF IN J.G. BALLARD'S CONCRETE ISLAND; SPANDEX PARABLES; CONTRIBUTORS.