This book begins by asking about the memorial issues involved in the replaying of an old history play, Shakespeare and Fletcher's Henry VIII, at the Globe on 29 July 1628, but it is not primarily concerned with the memory of a single individual, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham who paid for the production, nor even of a single day, when he seemed to try to evoke the memories of a small group of people gathered at the theatre for a singular purpose. In order to resolve the mystery of what a group of people thought about the past in a single moment in time, this book studies Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline textual recollections that inform the moment in 1628. Tracing the ways in which Henry VIII was remembered across these years reveals a dominant approach to reading history in the early modern period, and the varied purposes of memorial activity itself.
| ISBN: | 9781032866277 |
| Publication date: | 21st May 2026 |
| Author: | Igor Djordjevic |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 212 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: plays and playwrights European history |
This book begins by asking about the memorial issues involved in the replaying of an old history play, Shakespeare and Fletcher's Henry VIII, at the Globe on 29 July 1628, but it is not primarily concerned with the memory of a single individual, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham who paid for the production, nor even of a single day, when he seemed to try to evoke the memories of a small group of people gathered at the theatre for a singular purpose. In order to resolve the mystery of what a group of people thought about the past in a single moment in time, this book studies Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline textual recollections that inform the moment in 1628. Tracing the ways in which Henry VIII was remembered across these years reveals a dominant approach to reading history in the early modern period, and the varied purposes of memorial activity itself.
Remembering, Replaying, and Rereading Henry VIII features in the following genres: Literary studies: general, Classic and pre-20th century plays, History and Archaeology
Remembering, Replaying, and Rereading Henry VIII is available in Paperback, Hardback
Remembering, Replaying, and Rereading Henry VIII was written by Igor Djordjevic and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Remembering, Replaying, and Rereading Henry VIII has 212 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture series
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