The drama of memory in Shakespeare's history plays
"This book analyses the drama of memory in Shakespeare's history plays. Situating the plays in relation to the extra-dramatic contexts of early modern print culture, the Reformation and an emergent sense of nationhood, it examines the dramatic devices the theatre developed to engage with t...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press
2015.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44672688*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: forms of remembering and forgetting in early modern England and on the Shakespearean stage
- 1. Media: oral report, written record and theatrical performance in 2 Henry VI and Richard III
- 2. Ceremony: rites of oblivion in Richard II and 1 Henry IV
- 3. Embodiment: Falstaff's 'shameless transformations' in Henry IV
- 4. Distraction: nationalist oblivion and contrapuntal sequencing in Henry V
- 5. Nostalgia: affecting spectacles and sceptical audiences in Henry VIII
- Conclusion: Shakespeare's mnemonic dramaturgy.
