Book contents
- The Drama of Memory in Shakespeare’s History Plays
- The Drama of Memory in Shakespeare’s History Plays
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Book part
- Note on the text
- Introduction: forms of remembering and forgetting in early modern England and on the Shakespearean stage
- 1 Media: oral report, written record and theatrical performance in2 Henry VIandRichard III
- 2 Ceremony: rites of oblivion in Richard II and 1 Henry IV
- 3 Embodiment: Falstaff’s ‘shameless transformations’ in Henry IV
- 4 Distraction: nationalist oblivion and contrapuntal sequencing in Henry V
- 5 Nostalgia: affecting spectacles and sceptical audiences in Henry VIII
- Conclusion: Shakespeare’s mnemonic dramaturgy
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Distraction: nationalist oblivion and contrapuntal sequencing in Henry V
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2015
- The Drama of Memory in Shakespeare’s History Plays
- The Drama of Memory in Shakespeare’s History Plays
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Book part
- Note on the text
- Introduction: forms of remembering and forgetting in early modern England and on the Shakespearean stage
- 1 Media: oral report, written record and theatrical performance in2 Henry VIandRichard III
- 2 Ceremony: rites of oblivion in Richard II and 1 Henry IV
- 3 Embodiment: Falstaff’s ‘shameless transformations’ in Henry IV
- 4 Distraction: nationalist oblivion and contrapuntal sequencing in Henry V
- 5 Nostalgia: affecting spectacles and sceptical audiences in Henry VIII
- Conclusion: Shakespeare’s mnemonic dramaturgy
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Drama of Memory in Shakespeare's History Plays , pp. 123 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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