Memory in Shakespeare's Histories: Stages of Forgetting in Early Modern England

ISBN-13: 9780415896832 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 218 str.

Jonathan Baldo

Opis

A distinguishing feature of Shakespeare's later histories is the prominent role he assigns to the need to forget. This book explores 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 breaks in its history.

Recenzje

'This book will be a welcomed resource to students and teachers of Shakespeare, especially those interested in the contested memories of opposed historiographic raditions; to scholars concerned with the social and political ramifications of mercantilism and nationalism; and, above all, to readers drawn to the complex interplay of memory and forgetting in early modern literature.' - Renaissance Quarterly

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Jonathan Baldo is Associate Professor of English at the University of Rochester, USA.