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Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne

By Anita Gilman Sherman (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2007
ISBN
978-1-349-60262-9, 978-1-137-08610-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (24630629 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XVI, 240\254
Time added
2017-11-21 00:00:00
British and Irish Literature; Poetry and Poetics;

Description

This book fills a lacuna in the intellectual history of the seventeenth century by investigating the role that skepticism plays in the declining prestige of memory. It argues that Shakespeare and Donne revolutionize the art of memory, thanks to their skepticism, and thereby transform literary strategies like mimesis, exemplarity, and pastoral. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi The Art of Doubt....Pages 1-40 Forgetting Knowledge in Donne’s Anniversaries....Pages 41-64 Disowning the Art of Memory in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale....Pages 65-88 Acknowledging the Past in Donne’s Ignatius His Conclave....Pages 89-119 Experiencing Freedom from the Past in Shakespeare and Fletcher’s All Is True....Pages 121-152 Skeptical Epitaphs and Prospective Memory in Donne and Shakespeare....Pages 153-189 Afterword....Pages 191-193 Back Matter....Pages 195-240

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