Western Drama Confronts Selfish Humanity - Dramatic Altruisms

This book offers a timely exploration of how Western theatre has consistently challenged the notion that human nature is fundamentally selfish.

Table des matières

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Getting Beyond Selfishness
Chapter 1: Philosophizing Selfishness, Reciprocity, and Altruism
Chapter 2: The Dramatic Quality of Altruism
Chapter 3: The Strange Attraction of Sociopathology in Heroic Drama from Marlowe to Sheridan and Beyond
Chapter 4: American Theatre's 1930s Assault on Social Darwinism
Chapter 5: Wives, Mothers, Altruists
Chapter 6: All My Cooperation
Chapter 7: The Bad, The Good, and The Hopeful
Conclusion: Altruism Now?
Works Cited
Index

A propos de l'auteur

William W. Demastes is Professor of English at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: William W. Demastes, Demastes William W.
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 24.10.2025
• EAN: 9781041071969
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4107196-9
• Pages: 204
• Thème: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Théâtre, ballet; PHILOSOPHY / General, DRAMA / General, Philosophy, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Performance Art, Western Drama;Darwin