{"product_id":"when-honours-at-the-stake-routledge-revivals","title":"When Honour's at the Stake (Routledge Revivals)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRenaissance ideas of honour had a profound influence on the English people who formed Shakespeare’s audiences. In \u003ci\u003eWhen Honour’s at the Stake\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe validity of the most widely approved code of honour was being challenged on a variety of fronts, yet both personal standards of behaviour and public affairs were habitually understood in terms of honour. A series of tragedies are given their basic form by dramatizing the pernicious effects of man’s disobedience to the various demands of honour; in \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e honour is among the principal motives of tragedy. In this way, the modern reader’s comprehension of the plays can be greatly enhanced by reference to Elizabethan honour codes. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234631799128,"sku":"9781138778931","price":58.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138778931_2b133d7e-269a-4359-8ba3-3087b1c64879.jpg?v=1770156920","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/when-honours-at-the-stake-routledge-revivals","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}