Memory in Shakespeare's Histories : Stages of Forgetting in Early Modern England.

A distinguishing feature of Shakespeare's later histories is the prominent role he assigns to the need to forget. This book explore the ways in which Shakespeare expanded the role of forgetting in histories from King John to Henry V, as England contended with what were perceived to be traumatic...

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Main Author: Baldo, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Series:Routledge studies in Shakespeare.
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