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Sins of the Fathers: Moral Economies in Early Modern Spain
Hilaire Kallendorf
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Hardback. This ground-breaking study is the first to consider Spanish Golden Age comedias as an archive of moral knowledge. Num Pages: 476 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 275 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Sins of the Fathers considers sins as nodes of cultural anxiety and explores the tensions between competing organizational categories for moral thought and behaviours, namely the Seven Deadly Sins and the Ten Commandments. Hilaire Kallendorf explores the decline and rise of these organizational categories against critical transformations of the early modern period, such as the accession of Spain to a position of world dominance and the arrival of a new courtly culture to replace an old warrior ethos. This ground-breaking study is the first to consider Spanish Golden Age comedias as an archive of moral knowledge. Kallendorf has examined ... Read more
Sins of the Fathers considers sins as nodes of cultural anxiety and explores the tensions between competing organizational categories for moral thought and behaviours, namely the Seven Deadly Sins and the Ten Commandments. Hilaire Kallendorf explores the decline and rise of these organizational categories against critical transformations of the early modern period, such as the accession of Spain to a position of world dominance and the arrival of a new courtly culture to replace an old warrior ethos. This ground-breaking study is the first to consider Spanish Golden Age comedias as an archive of moral knowledge. Kallendorf has examined ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
476
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
862g
Number of Pages
476
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442644588
SKU
V9781442644588
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About Hilaire Kallendorf
Hilaire Kallendorf is Professor of Hispanic and Religious Studies at Texas A&M University.
Reviews for Sins of the Fathers: Moral Economies in Early Modern Spain
'Sins of Fathers profoundly illuminates theater's contribution to the religious milieu of early modern Spain... Scholars will appreciate the books excellent theoretical foundation... An entertaining read written in energetic prose.'
Brandon Grayson Journal of Jesuit Studies vol 03:2016 'This book should be of particular interest to scholars of Jesuit Studies as it profoundly illuminates theatre's contribution to the religious ... Read more
Brandon Grayson Journal of Jesuit Studies vol 03:2016 'This book should be of particular interest to scholars of Jesuit Studies as it profoundly illuminates theatre's contribution to the religious ... Read more