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Kallendorf, Hilaire, 1974-

Ambiguous antidotes : virtue as vaccine for vice in early modern Spain / Hilaire Kallendorf. - 1 online resource : color illustrations - Toronto Iberic ; 30 . - Toronto Iberic ; 30. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Prologue: Virtuous Genealogies -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Virtue as a Medical Metaphor -- II Correspondences of Virtue to Vice -- III Antidotes -- IV Pharmakon -- V The Golden Mean -- 1 Blind Justice -- 2 Fleeting Fortitude -- 3 Charity as Greed -- 4 Loose Chastity -- 5 Prudence: Panacea or Placebo? -- 6 Class Trumps Sex: The (En)gendering of Virtue -- Conclusion -- I (Not Just) the Veneer of Virtue -- II Virtus or Virus? -- III Historical / Literary Roots IV Machiavellian VirtùV Erasmus at the Theatre -- Epilogue: Virtual Virtue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Comedias

In Ambiguous Antidotes, Hilaire Kallendorf explores the receptions of Virtues in the realm of moral philosophy and the artistic production it influenced during the Spanish Gold Age.

ISBN: 9781487514648 (electronic bk.) 1487514646 (electronic bk.)

Source: 22573/ctt1xwp2s3 JSTOR

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 20179042866

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1500-1700

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Spanish drama--History and criticism.--Classical period, 1500-1700
Virtues in literature.
Vertus dans la littérature.
DRAMA--Continental European.
PHILOSOPHY--General.
Spanish drama--Classical period.
Virtues in literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PQ6105

Dewey Class. No.: 862.309