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Memory and forgetting in English Renaissance drama : Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster /
This fascinating study examines sixteenth and seventeenth century conceptions of memory and forgetting, and their importance for both early modern culture and the drama of Shakespeare, Marlowe and Webster. The author shows how early modern playwrights understood 'self-forgetting' as the oc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;
50. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This fascinating study examines sixteenth and seventeenth century conceptions of memory and forgetting, and their importance for both early modern culture and the drama of Shakespeare, Marlowe and Webster. The author shows how early modern playwrights understood 'self-forgetting' as the occasion for dramatic experiments in representing human behaviour and identity. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 184 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-179) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511132603 9780511132605 0511132069 9780511132063 9780511484032 0511484038 9780521848428 0521848423 9780511200380 0511200382 |