Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne

By Anita Gilman Sherman

This book fills a lacuna in the intellectual history of the seventeenth century by investigating the role that skepticism plays in the declining prestige of memory. It argues that Shakespeare and Donne revolutionize the art of memory, thanks to their skepticism, and thereby transform literary strategies like mimesis, exemplarity, and pastoral.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023060028X
• ISBN13: 9780230600287
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"