'Compellingly written, and bringing together an unusual and rich collection of texts, artefacts, and practices with a methodology that generates fresh insights into post-Reformation literary and memory culture … This is an important addition to what is at the moment one of the most vibrant fields in early modern studies.' Isabel Karremann, Modern Language Review
Introduction – 'An amber casket'; Part I. 'Signes of Remembrance': 1. 'A Mousoleum for a flie': Sidney Montagu and the sacramental sign; 2. Wondrous work: crafting remembrance in the Montagu archive; 3. Innogen's needle: remembrance and romance in Cymbeline; Part II. 'Monuments of Antiquitie'; 4. 'The grave is but a cabinet': remembrance and recreation in post-reformation London; 5. Shakespearean reliquaries: Pericles and the ark of wonder; 6. 'Chain'd up in alabaster': awakening remembrance in The Winter's Tale and Comus; Conclusion – 'many worlds fantastic framed'.