Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne

Zusatztext 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 Informationen zum Autor Anita Gilman Sherman is Assistant Professor of Literature at American University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...

Table des matières

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

Commentaire

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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: A Sherman, A. Sherman, Anita Gilman Sherman
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 28.01.2008
• EAN: 9780230600287
• ISBN: 978-0-230-60028-7
• Pages: 256
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; B, Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Poetry and Poetics, European Literature, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, Classical literature, Classical and Antique Literature, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, English literature;Renaissance;William Shakespeare