The Rites of Knighthood : The Literature and Politics of Elizabethan Chivalry.

The Rites of Knighthood : The Literature and Politics of Elizabethan Chivalry.

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Main Author: McCoy, Richard C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2021]
Series:New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics Series.
Subjects:
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Chivalry in literature.
Chivalry > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Knights and knighthood > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Poetics > History > 16th century.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Chivalric Compromise and Conflict
  • 2. Robert Dudley: "Favour Sufficient"
  • 3. Sir Philip Sidney: "The Shepherd Knight"
  • 4. The Earl of Essex: "A Dangerous Image"
  • 5. Samuel Daniel: "The Voyce of Present Times"
  • 6. Edmund Spenser: "Furthest from... Present Time"
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index

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