TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hays,Michael L.
TI  - Shakespearean tragedy as chivalric romance: rethinking Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear 
T2  - Studies in Renaissance literature,
SN  - 0859917886
AV  - PR2983 .H395 2003
U1  - 822.3/3 21
PY  - 0000///Rochester, NY
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - D.S. Brewer
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Shakespeare, William
KW  - Shakespeare, William.
KW  - Romances
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Chivalry in literature
KW  - Tragedy
KW  - Roman courtois
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - fast
KW  - Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Ritterroman
KW  - gnd
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index; Acknowledgments --; Tables and figure --; 1; Introduction --; 2; The survival of English chivalric romance --; 3; The significance of English chivalric romance --; 4; Macbeth : loyal stewards and royal succession --; 5; Hamlet : courtly revenge and chivalric justice --; 6; Othello : courtly love and chivalric justice --; 7; King Lear : courtly romance and chivalric restoration --; Bibliography --; Index
N2  - "Shakespearean Tragedy as Chivalric Romance: Rethinking Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear interprets these plays less as tragedies after their protagonists than as romances according to the figures and motifs coloring and shaping them." "The author counters the conventional wisdom and its biases against romance, and questions received opinion about literary genre and cultural history. He presents historical, bibliographic, and literary evidence for the resurgent vitality of chivalric romance at the end of Elizabeth's reign and the start of James's rule. This neo-chivalric revival featured chivalric romances or materials fashioned from them for the mixed purposes of popular entertainment and political expression." "In this context and for a theater company preferred by the throne, Shakespeare exploited chivalric romance to explore themes of governance, legitimacy, and succession in these plays. Although their protagonists are pre-eminent, they give way to improved polities and worthier successors. Their triumph represents an order which prevails because justice triumphs. Subordinating tragedy to romance, Shakespeare offered a tempered optimism about the outcome of contested issues."--Jacket
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy045/2003004936.html
ER  -