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Memory in Shakespeare's Histories : Stages of Forgetting in Early Modern England.
A distinguishing feature of Shakespeare's later histories is the prominent role he assigns to the need to forget. This book explore the ways in which Shakespeare expanded the role of forgetting in histories from King John to Henry V, as England contended with what were perceived to be traumatic...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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| Colección: | Routledge studies in Shakespeare.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Memory in Shakespeare's Histories Stages of Forgetting in Early Modern England; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Be Our Ghost; 1 Birth of a Nation from the Spirit of Tragedy: The Historical Sublime in Richard II; 2 All Is Truancy: Rebellious Uses of the Past in 1 Henry IV; 3 "Washed in Lethe": Laundering the Past in 2 Henry IV; 4 Wars of Memory in Henry V; 5 Coda: The History Play as Palimpsest in King John; Notes; Bibliography; Index.