The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Memory (Routledge Literature Handbooks)

__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. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of illustrations 12 Notes on contributors 14 Acknowledgements 18 Introduction 20 Part I Critical introductions 28 1 Shakespeare, memory, and the early modern theatre 30 2 Shakespeare, memory, and print culture 42 3 Shakespeare, memory and post-colonial adaptation 53 4 Shakespeare, memory and the visual arts 65 5 Shakespeare, memory, film and performance 81 6 Shakespeare, memory, and new media 92 7 Shakespeare, memory and contemporary performance: Shakespeare in Shoreditch 110 Part II Tragedy 122 8 ‘The raven o’er the infectious house’: contagious memory in Romeo and Juliet and Othello 124 9 ‘Lest we remember ... our Troy, our Rome’: historical and individual memory in Titus Andronicus and Troilus and Cressida 135 10 Fooling with tragic memory in Hamlet and King Lear 154 11 Fatal distraction: eclipses of memory in Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra 168 Part III History 182 12 Handling memory in the Henriad: forgetting Falstaff 184 13 Henry VI to Richard III: forgetting, foreshadowing, remembering 199 14 Rumour’s household: truth, memory, fiction, history in 2 Henry IV and All Is True 210 15 Cultural memories of the legal repertoire in Richard III and Richard II: criticizing rites of succession 227 Part IV Comedy 242 16 Memory and subjective continuity in As You Like It and All’s Well That Ends Well 244 17 Veiled memory traces in Much Ado About Nothing, Pericles, and The Winter’s Tale 258 18 Illyria’s memorials: space, memory, and genre in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night 272 19 ‘Have you forgot your love?’: material memory and forgetfulness in Love’s Labour’s Lost and Measure for Measure 285 Part V Poetry 298 20 ‘Suppose thou dost defend me from what is past’: Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece and the appetite for ancient memory 300 21 Monumental memory and little reminders: the fantasy of being remembered by posterity 316 Part VI Review 332 22 The state of the art of memory and Shakespeare studies 334 Bibliography 348 Index 370 La 4e de couverture indique : "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 dabte, and illuminating areas for further study. The international range of contributors explore the nature of memory in religious, political, emotional, and economic terms that 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. Mapping memory in key areas of Shakespeare studies - theatre, genre, history, gender, print culture, new media, cognition and performance - the volume then goes on to look at the role of memory in individual plays. The international range of contributors explore the nature of memory in religious, political, erotic and economic terms which are not only relevant to Shakespearean times, but to the way we think and read now"-- Provided by publisher