Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne
Sherman, Anita Gilman
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BOOK SUMMARY
This book argues that in the course of grappling with skepticism, Shakespeare and Donne revolutionize the art of memory and discover an art of doubt. Topics important to students of Renaissance literaturesuch as mimesis, exemplarity, pastoral and typolo
BOOK SYNOPSIS
This book argues that in the course of grappling with skepticism, Shakespeare and Donne revolutionize the art of memory and discover an art of doubt. Topics important to students of Renaissance literature—such as mimesis, exemplarity, pastoral and typology—become transformed, seen now as a set of vital responses to the incursion of skeptical doubt. By discussing the aesthetics of memorialization, the representation of collective memory, and ideas of women as countermonuments, the book investigates how Donne and Shakespeare respond to epistemological uncertainty. The book should interest admirers of Shakespeare and Donne as well as those intrigued by Stanley Cavell and the avenues he has opened up for a new philosophical literary criticism.
AUTHOR BIO
Anita Gilman Sherman is Assistant Professor of Literature at American University.
BOOK REVIEWS
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, skepticisms 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; Author of Shylock is Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Noise
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 023060028X
ISBN(13-digit): 9780230600287
Dewey Decimal: 822.3/3
Library of Congress: 2007012826
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 240
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