"Engaging with current debates over the nature of subjectivity in early modern England, this original study examines sixteenth- and seventeenth-century conceptions of memory and forgetting, and their importance to the drama and culture of the time. Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr., discusses memory and...

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1. Verfasser:	Sullivan, Garrett A. Jr. ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2006
Ausgabe:	1. publ., repr.
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture 50
Schlagworte:	Marlowe, Christopher <1564-1593> Shakespeare, William <1564-1616> > Criticism and interpretation Webster, John <1580?-1625?> Webster, John > 1578-1635 Marlowe, Christopher > 1564-1593 Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616 Drama Erinnerung > Motiv
Zusammenfassung:	"Engaging with current debates over the nature of subjectivity in early modern England, this original study examines sixteenth- and seventeenth-century conceptions of memory and forgetting, and their importance to the drama and culture of the time. Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr., discusses memory and forgetting as categories in terms of which a variety of behaviors - from seeking salvation to pursuing vengeance to succumbing to desire - are conceptualized. Drawing upon a range of literary and non-literary discourses, represented by treatises on the passions, sermons, anti-theatrical tracts, epic poems, and more, Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Webster stage "self-recollection" and, more commonly, "self-forgetting," the latter of which provides a powerful model for dramatic subjectivity. Focusing on works such as Macbeth, Hamlet, Dr. Faustus, and The Duchess of Malfi, Sullivan reveals memory and forgetting to be dynamic cultural forces central to early modern understandings of embodiment, selfhood, and social practice."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	VI, 184 S. Ill.
ISBN:	9780521848428 0521848423