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Joss Whedon as Shakespearean Moralist: Narrative Ethics of the Bard and the Buffyverse

By J. Douglas Rabb; J. Michael Richardson

Book information

Publisher
Publishers, Inc., McFarland & Company
Year
2014
ISBN
9781476617862
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
793 kB (811690 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-04 00:12:05
Biography & Autobiography; Nonfiction; BIO007000

Description

Drawing on the works of Shakespeare and American screenwriter Joss Whedon, this study in narrative ethics contends that Whedon is the Shakespeare of our time. The Bard wrote before the influence of the modern moral philosophers, while Whedon is writing in the postmodern period. It is argued that Whedon's work is more in harmony with the early modern values of Shakespeare than with modern ethics, which trace their origin to 17th and 18th century moral philosophy. This study includes a detailed discussion of representative works of Shakespeare and Whedon, showing how they can and should be read as forms of narrative ethics.

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