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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William W. Demastes, Demastes William W.
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.10.2025
• EAN: 9781041071969
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4107196-9
• Pagine: 204
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; PHILOSOPHY / General, DRAMA / General, Philosophy, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Performance Art, Western Drama;Darwin