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Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne

By:A. Sherman
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230600287
eText ISBN:9781137086105
Edition:0
Copyright:2007
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.