Memory and forgetting in English Renaissance drama :
[Book]
Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster /
Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
1 online resource (vii, 184 pages) :
illustrations
Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-179) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: planting oblivion; 1 Embodying oblivion; 2 "Be this sweet Helen's knell, and now forget her": forgetting and desire in All's Well That Ends Well; 3 "If he can remember": spiritual self-forgetting and Dr. Faustus; 4 "My oblivion is a very Antony"; 5 Sleep, conscience and fame in The Duchess of Malfi; 6 Coda: "Wrought with things forgotten"; Notes; Index.
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This fascinating study examines sixteenth and seventeenth century conceptions of memory and forgetting, and their importance for both early modern culture and the drama of Shakespeare, Marlowe and Webster. The author shows how early modern playwrights understood 'self-forgetting' as the occasion for dramatic experiments in representing human behaviour and identity.
Memory and forgetting in English Renaissance drama.
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593
Marlowe, Christopher.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William.
Webster, John (Schriftsteller)
Webster, John, 1580-1625
English drama-- 17th century-- History and criticism.
English drama-- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600-- History and criticism.
Memory in literature.
Mémoire dans la littérature.
Subjectivité dans la littérature.
Théâtre anglais-- 16e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais-- 17e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Drama
DRAMA-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama-- Early modern and Elizabethan.
English drama.
Erinnerung
Mémoire-- Dans la littérature.
Memory in literature.
Théâtre anglais-- 16e siècle-- Histoire et critique.