The drama of memory in Shakespeare's history plays /

"This book analyses the drama of memory in Shakespeare's history plays. Situating the plays in relation to the extra-dramatic contexts of early modern print culture, the Reformation and an emergent sense of nationhood, it examines the dramatic devices the theatre developed to engage with t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Karremann, Isabel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Histories.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Memory in literature.
Mémoire dans la littérature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Chronicle plays of William Shakespeare
Memory in literature
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: forms of remembering and forgetting in early modern England and on the Shakespearean stage
  • 1. Media: oral report, written record and theatrical performance in 2 Henry VI and Richard III
  • 2. Ceremony: rites of oblivion in Richard II and 1 Henry IV
  • 3. Embodiment: Falstaff's 'shameless transformations' in Henry IV
  • 4. Distraction: nationalist oblivion and contrapuntal sequencing in Henry V
  • 5. Nostalgia: affecting spectacles and sceptical audiences in Henry VIII
  • Conclusion: Shakespeare's mnemonic dramaturgy.

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