Reforming the humanities
Subtitle: literature and ethics from Dante through modern times
By: Peter Levine.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780230621442
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, -- 1265-1321; Dante Alighieri, -- 1265-1321 -- Technique; Literature and morals; Narration (Rhetoric) -- Moral and ethical aspects; Humanities; Ethics
Description: "This book combines contemporary ethical theory, literary interpretation, and historical narrative to defend a view of the humanities as a source of moral guidance. Peter Levine argues that moral philosophers should interpret narratives and literary critics should adopt moral positions. His analysis of Dante's story of Paolo and Francesca sheds new light on the moral advantages and pitfalls of narratives versus ethical theories and principles."--Jacket.