Memory and Forgetting in English Renaissance Drama: Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster

by Garrett A. Sullivan Jr. and Garrett A. Sullivan Jr

Book Overview

Engaging debates over the nature of subjectivity in early modern England, this fascinating and 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 behaviours - from seeking salvation to pursuing vengeance to succumbing to desire - are conceptualized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521117356
• ISBN13: 9780521117357
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"