Memory in Play: From Aeschylus to Sam Shepard

By Attilio Favorini

Book Overview

This innovative study examines the role of memory in the history of theatre and drama. Favorini analyzes issues of memory in self-construction, collective memory, the clash of memory and history and even explores what the work of cognitive scientists can teach us about brain function and our response to drama.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349372412
• ISBN13: 9781349372416
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"