Table of contents:
- I. Polemics
- A. Author, Work, and Criticism
- B. The Fictional Premise
- II. Wittenwiler's Narrative in its Own Context
- III. Three Traditional Touchstones
- A. The Marriage Motif
- 1. Extant Criticism
- 2. The Traditional Scope
- 3. Marriage and the RING
- B. The Theme and Presentation of Folly
- 1. Extant Criticism
- 2. The Traditional Scope
- 3. Folly and the RING
- C. The Play Phenomenon
- 1. Extant Criticism
- 2. The Traditional Scope
- 3. Play and the RING
- IV. The Work in its Festive Setting
- A. Festivity and Social Fantasy
- B. The RING Revisited
- References
- I. Polemics
- A. Author, Work, and Criticism
- B. The Fictional Premise
- II. Wittenwiler's Narrative in its Own Context
- III. Three Traditional Touchstones
- A. The Marriage Motif
- 1. Extant Criticism
- 2. The Traditional Scope
- 3. Marriage and the RING
- B. The Theme and Presentation of Folly
- 1. Extant Criticism
- 2. The Traditional Scope
- 3. Folly and the RING
- C. The Play Phenomenon
- 1. Extant Criticism
- 2. The Traditional Scope
- 3. Play and the RING
- IV. The Work in its Festive Setting
- A. Festivity and Social Fantasy
- B. The RING Revisited
- References