Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Memory

<p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Shakespeare and Memory</em> 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 <i>national</i> and then a <i>global </i>poet.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p> <p><strong>PART I - Critical Introductions </strong>1. Shakespeare, Memory, and the Early Modern Theatre, <i>Zackariah Long </i>2. Shakespeare, Memory, and Print Culture, <i>Amanda Watson </i>3. Shakespeare, Memory and Post-Colonial Adaptation, <i>Andrew J. Power </i>4. Shakespeare, Memory and the Visual Arts, <i>Shearer West </i>5. Shakespeare, Memory, Film and Performance, <i>Sarah Hatchuel and Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin </i>6. Shakespeare, Memory and New Media, <i>Rory Loughnane </i>7. Shakespeare, Memory and Contemporary Performance, <i>Sarah Dustagheer </i><strong>PART II - Tragedy </strong>8. "The Raven O’er the Infectious House": Contagious Memory in <i>Romeo and Juliet</i> and <i>Othello, Evelyn Tribble </i>9. "Lest we remember… our Troy, our Rome": historical and individual memory in <i>Titus Andronicus</i> and <i>Troilus and Cressida, Jesús Tronch </i>10. Fooling wth Tragic Memory in <i>Hamlet</i> and <i>King Lear, Kay Stanton </i>11. Fatal Distraction: Eclipses of Memory in <i>Julius Caesar</i> and <i>Antony and Cleopatra, </i><i>Jonathan Baldo </i><b>PART III - </b><strong>History </strong>12. Handling Memory in the Henriad: Forgetting Falstaff, <i>William E. Engel </i>13.<em> Henry VI</em> to <i>Richard III</i>: Forgetting, Foreshadowing, Remembering, <i>Nicholas Grene </i>14. Rumour’s Household: Truth, Memory, Fiction, History in <i>2 Henry IV</i> and <i>All Is True, Ed Gieskes </i>15. Cultural Memories of the Legal Repertoire in <i>Richard III</i> and <i>Richard II</i>: Criticizing Rites of Succession, <i>Anita Gilman Sherman </i><b>PART IV - Comedy </b>16. ‘Memory and Subjective Continuity in <i>As You Like It</i> and <i>All’s Well That Ends Well, Erin Minear </i>17. Veiled Memory Traces in <i>Much Ado About Nothing</i>, <i>Pericles</i>, and <i>The Winter’s Tale, Lina Perkins Wilder </i>18. Illyria’s Memorials: Space, Memory, and Genre in Shakespeare’s <i>Twelfth Night, Susan Harlan </i>19. "Have you forgot your love?": Material Memory and Forgetfulness in <i>Love’s Labour’s Lost</i> and <i>Measure for Measure, Christine Sukic </i><b>PART V - Poetry </b>20. "Suppose thou dost defend me from what is past": Shakespeare’s <i>Venus and Adonis</i> and <i>The Rape of Lucrece</i> and the appetite for ancient memory, <i>Andrew Hiscock </i>21.<em> </em>Monumental Memory and Little Reminders; the Fantasy of Being Remembered by Posterity, <i>Grant Williams </i><b>PART VI - Review </b>22. The State of the Art of Memory and Shakespeare Studies, <em>Rebeca Helfer </em>Bibliography Index</p>