Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne

ISBN-13: 9780230600287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 240 str.

Anita Gilman Sherman

Opis

This book argues that in the course of grappling with skepticism, Shakespeare and Donne revolutionize the art of memory and discover an art of doubt. Topics important to students of Renaissance literature--such as mimesis, exemplarity, pastoral and typology--become transformed, seen now as a set of vital responses to the incursion of skeptical doubt. By discussing the aesthetics of memorialization, the representation of collective memory, and ideas of women as countermonuments, the book investigates how Donne and Shakespeare respond to epistemological uncertainty. The book should interest admirers of Shakespeare and Donne as well as those intrigued by Stanley Cavell and the avenues he has opened up for a new philosophical literary criticism.

Recenzje

Praise for Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne

'An elegantly conceived and probing study. Written with verve and clarity, this book takes up a thread of thinking in recent criticism about skeptical modalities in Renaissance literature, in particular, skepticism's formal modes and masks. Within the field defined by the interlocking themes of skepticism and memory, it places in dialogue the pair of Shakespeare and Donne - two central Renaissance authors very rarely studied together - and makes a strong contribution.'; Kenneth Gross, University of Rochester, USA, Author of Shylock is Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Noise

'...Anita Gilman Sherman tackles this well-worn subject in fresh and innovative ways.' - Modern Philology

Spis treści

The Art of Doubt * Forgetting Knowledge in Donne_s Anniversaries * Disowning the Art of Memory in Shakespeare_s The Winter_s Tale * Acknowledging the Past in Donne_s Ignatius his Conclave * Experiencing Freedom from the Past in Shakespeare and Fletcher_s All Is True * Skeptical Epitaphs and Prospective Memory in Donne and Shakespeare

O autorze

Anita Gilman Sherman is Assistant Professor of Literature at American University.