The custom of the castle : from Malory to Macbeth /
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8306152 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The French model: Introduction
- Malory's weeping castle
- 2. The Italian transition: Boiardo's castle cruel
- Ariosto's fable of power
- 3. The English conclusion: Spenser's customs of courtesy
- Hamlet's ghost fear
- Macbeth's future: "a thing of custom"
- Epilogue: the disappearing castle.