 | Spenser''s Ruins and the Art of Recollection Subjects: Spenser Edmund 1552?-1599 -- Criticism and interpretation; Memory in literature; Ruins in literature; History in literature; Mnemonics in literature; Beginning with the origins of mnemonic strategies in epic tales, Helfer examines how the art of memory speaks to debates about poetry and its place in culture from Plato to Spenser's present day. Helfer Rebeca : Rebeca Helfer is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Irvine. |
