When Honour's at the Stake (Routledge Revivals)

by Norman Council

Renaissance ideas of honour had a profound influence on the English people who formed Shakespeare's audiences. In When Honour's at the Stake, first published in 1973, Norman Council describes the increasing importance of these ideas to the themes and structure of a number of Shakespeare's major plays.

The validity of the most widely approved code of honour was being challenged on a variety of fronts, yet both personal standards of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138778931
• ISBN13: 9781138778931
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"