Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne
ISBN: 9781137086105
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Palgrave Macmillan
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Subjects: Literature;

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.

Anita Gilman Sherman is Assistant Professor of Literature at American University.

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