Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne
Anita Gilman Sherman
€ 62.54
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230600287
SKU
V9780230600287
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Anita Gilman Sherman
Anita Gilman Sherman is Assistant Professor of Literature at American University.
Reviews for Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne
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 ... Read more