Loading…

Conscience on Stage : The Comedia as Casuistry in Early Modern Spain /

It is no accident that some variation of the question 'What should I do?' appears in over three-quarters of the comedic plays of the Spanish Golden Age. Casuistical dialogue was a concern, even an obsession, of Spanish playwrights during the seventeenth century, many of whom were educated...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kallendorf, Hilaire, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Español
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the rise of casuistry in Spain, the flowering of Jesuit school drama, and the Jesuit education of Spanish playwrights
  • The vocabulary of casuistry
  • 'Que he de hacer?' / 'What should I do?'
  • Asking for advice : class, gender, and the supernatural
  • Constructions of conscience
  • Casuistry and theory.