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The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Memory introduces this
vibrant field of study to students and scholars, whilst defining
and extending critical debates in the area. The book begins with a
series of "Critical Introductions" offering an overview of memory
in particular areas of Shakespeare such as theatre, print culture,
visual arts, post-colonial adaptation and new media. These essays
both introduce the topic but also explore specific areas such as
the way in which Shakespeare's representation in the visual arts
created a national and then a global poet. The entries then develop
into more specific studies of the genre of Shakespeare, with
sections on Tragedy, History, Comedy and Poetry, which include
insightful readings of specific key plays. The book ends with a
state of the art review of the area, charting major contributions
to the debate, and illuminating areas for further study. The
international range of contributors explore the nature of memory in
religious, political, emotional and economic terms which are not
only relevant to Shakespearean times, but to the way we think and
read now.
The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Memory introduces this
vibrant field of study to students and scholars, whilst defining
and extending critical debates in the area. The book begins with a
series of "Critical Introductions" offering an overview of memory
in particular areas of Shakespeare such as theatre, print culture,
visual arts, post-colonial adaptation and new media. These essays
both introduce the topic but also explore specific areas such as
the way in which Shakespeare's representation in the visual arts
created a national and then a global poet. The entries then develop
into more specific studies of the genre of Shakespeare, with
sections on Tragedy, History, Comedy and Poetry, which include
insightful readings of specific key plays. The book ends with a
state of the art review of the area, charting major contributions
to the debate, and illuminating areas for further study. The
international range of contributors explore the nature of memory in
religious, political, emotional and economic terms which are not
only relevant to Shakespearean times, but to the way we think and
read now.
Ranging from Yorick's skull to Desdemona's handkerchief,
Shakespeare's mnemonic objects help audiences to recall, or
imagine, staged and unstaged pasts. This study reinterprets the
'places' and 'objects' of the memory arts as a conceptual model for
theatrical performance. While the memory arts demand a 'masculine'
mental and physical discipline, recollection in Shakespeare's plays
exploits the distrusted physicality of women and clowns. In
Shakespeare's 'memory theatre', some mnemonic objects, such as
Prospero's books, are notable by their absence; others, such as the
portraits of Claudius and Old Hamlet, embody absence. Absence
creates an atmosphere of unfulfilled desire. Engaging this desire,
the plays create a theatrical community that remembers past
performances. Combining materialist, historicist, and cognitive
approaches, Wilder establishes the importance of recollection for
understanding the structure of Shakespeare's plays and the social
work done by performance in early modern London.
Ranging from Yorick's skull to Desdemona's handkerchief,
Shakespeare's mnemonic objects help audiences to recall, or
imagine, staged and unstaged pasts. This study reinterprets the
'places' and 'objects' of the memory arts as a conceptual model for
theatrical performance. While the memory arts demand a 'masculine'
mental and physical discipline, recollection in Shakespeare's plays
exploits the distrusted physicality of women and clowns. In
Shakespeare's 'memory theatre', some mnemonic objects, such as
Prospero's books, are notable by their absence; others, such as the
portraits of Claudius and Old Hamlet, embody absence. Absence
creates an atmosphere of unfulfilled desire. Engaging this desire,
the plays create a theatrical community that remembers past
performances. Combining materialist, historicist, and cognitive
approaches, Wilder establishes the importance of recollection for
understanding the structure of Shakespeare's plays and the social
work done by performance in early modern London.
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