The Moral of the Story Literature and Public Ethics
, by Edmondson, Henry T., III; Dobel, J Patrick; Edmondson III, Henry T.; Johnson, Gregory R.; Kalkavage, Peter; Kissell, Judith Lee; Lawler, Peter Augustine; Levine, Alan; Mahoney, Daniel J.; Morrisey, Will; Gormaile, Pádraig Ó; Peterson, Paul C.; Platt, Mich- ISBN: 9780739101490 | 0739101498
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/13/2000
The contributors to The Moral of the Story, all preeminent political heorists, are unified by their concern with the instructive power of great literature. This thought-provoking combination of essays explores the polyvalent moral and political impact of classic world literatures on public ethics through the study of some of its major figures -- including Shakespeare, Dante, Cervantes, Jane Austen, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Robert Penn Warren, and Dostoevsky.