The Custom of the Castle : From Malory to Macbeth / Charles Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Charles Stanley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning.

Shakespeare, William.

Manners and customs.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Castles in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.) : 1 frontisp.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1997]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Abbreviations

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Malory's Weeping Castle

3. Boiardo's Castle Cruel

4. Ariosto's Fable of Power

5. Spenser's Customs of Courtesy

6. Hamlet's Ghost Fear

7. Macbeth's Future: "A Thing of Custom"

8. Epilogue: The Disappearing Castle

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520323629

0520323629

OCLC:

1198929546