Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. PLATES IX
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
5. PREFACE XIII
6. I. COURTLY ART AND THE TEMPEST 1
7. II. SHAKESPEARE AND THE JACOBEAN ARTISTIC REVOLUTION 27
8. III. THE COURTLY AESTHETIC: THEMES
9. CIVILIZATION 70
10. THE GOLDEN AGE 76
11. DYNASTY : THE IMPERIAL THEME 79
12. THE PERFECT RULER 88
13. IV. THE COURTLY AESTHETIC: FORM AND EXPRESSION
14. AESTHETIC ELITISM 107
15. THE VIRTUOSO ARTIST 118
16. ILLUSION A N D THE NEW PERSPECTIVE 125
17. SPECTACLES OF STATE: MAGNIFICENCE AND VARIETY 134
18. COMIC STRUCTURE 145
19. V. THE POLARITIES OF COURTLY ART
20. STORM AND CALM 156
21. FUROR AND PIETAS 165
22. THE BEAST AND THE COURTIER 173
23. VI. CHARACTERS OF THE COURTLY AESTHETIC: CALIBAN
24. CALIBAN AND THE HOMILIES 188
25. SALVAGE AND DEFORMED SLAVE 196
26. FIGURES OF FUROR 202
27. VII. CHARACTERS OF THE COURTLY AESTHETIC: PROSPERO
28. PROSPERO AS MAGE 217
29. PROSPERO AND THE PRESENCE 228
30. PROSPERO AND THE RENAISSANCE SATURN 235
31. PROSPERO'S REVELS SPEECH 250
32. VIII. BEYOND THE JACOBEAN COURTLY AESTHETIC 263
33. BIBLIOGRAPHY 273
34. INDEX 291