Preface Part I: The Background The Cosmic Background Introductory The Context of History The Elizabethan World Order Shakespeare’s Access to the Doctrine The Historical Background Machiavelli The Medieval Norm Froissart and Tito Livio Medieval Anticipations The Tudor Myth Polydore Vergil Sir Thomas More Hall Holinshed The Uses of History Elizabethan Notions of recent English History …
Preface Introductory Order Sin The Chain of Being The Links in the Chain Angels and Ether The Stars and Fortune The Elements Man Animals, Plants and Metals The Corresponding Planes The Correspondences Celestial Powers and Other Creations Macrocosm and Body Politic Macrocosm and Microcosm Body Politic and Microcosm General Significance The Cosmic Dance Epilogue
Introduction Hamlet Troilus and Cressida All’s Well that Ends Well Measure for Measure Epilogue
Presidential Address to The English Association, 1958