| The Custom of the Castle |
| ABBREVIATIONS |
| PREFACE |
| PART ONE THE FRENCH MODEL |
| • | Chapter One Introduction |
| Chapter Two Malory's Weeping Castle |
| PART TWO THE ITALIAN TRANSITION |
| • | Chapter Three Boiardo's Castle Cruel |
| Chapter Four Ariosto's Fable of Power |
| PART THREE THE ENGLISH CONCLUSION |
| Chapter Five Spenser's Customs of Courtesy |
| Chapter Six Hamlet's Ghost Fear |
| Chapter Seven Macbeth's Future: "A Thing of Custom" |
| • | Chapter Eight Epilogue: The Disappearing Castle |
| APPENDIX ONE KING LEAR |
| APPENDIX TWO OTHELLO |
| Notes |
| INDEX |