Memory and Mortality in Renaissance England

William E. Engel (Curatore)

Rory Loughnane (Curatore)

Cambridge University Press, 2022

Drawing together leading scholars of early modern memory studies and death studies, Memory and Mortality in Renaissance England explores and illuminates the interrelationships of these categories of Renaissance knowing and doing, theory and praxis. The collection features an extended Introduction that establishes the rich vein connecting these two fields of study and investigation. Thereafter, the collection is arranged into three subsections, 'The Arts of Remembering Death', 'Grounding the Remembrance of the Dead', and 'The Ends of Commemoration', where contributors analyse how memory and mortality intersected in writings, devotional practice, and visual culture. The book will appeal to scholars of early modern literature and culture, book history, art history, and the history of mnemonics and thanatology, and will prove an indispensable guide for researchers, instructors, and students alike.

• Curatore: William E. Engel, Rory Loughnane
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 2022
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 280 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 159 mm
• Peso: 590 gr.
• EAN: 9781108843393

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