Joss Whedon as Shakespearean moralist : narrative ethics of the Bard and the Buffyverse /

This study in narrative ethics contends that Whedon is the Shakespeare of our time arguing that Whedon's work is more in harmony with the early modern values of Shakespeare than with modern ethics Included is a detailed discussion of representative works of Shakespeare and Whedon, showing how t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Rabb, J. Douglas (Author), Richardson, J. Michael (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Subjects:	Whedon, Joss, > 1964- > Criticism and interpretation. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Ethics. Narration (Rhetoric) > Moral and ethical aspects.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Kim Fedderson
Introduction
Joss Whedon, the Shakespeare for our time
Shakespeare's brain and Whedon's brains: cognitive theory in narrative and ethics
Joss Whedon's "big brain": the Espenson authorship
Controversy
Shakespeare and popular culture: uses and echos of the Bard in the Whedonverses and ours as well
Persons, personation and character development: the transformative nature of narrative
The moral imagination in Shakespeare: pre-modern and early modern ethics
The moral imagination in Whedon: post-modern and post-Christian love ethics
Reason and rules in ethics: the Parfit pathology
Conclusion: narrative ethics in action.