Memory In Play From Aeschylus To Sam Shepard

Memory In Play Makes Evident That Memory, Though Critically Neglected, Is As Significant As Race, Gender, And Class As A Feature Of Dramatic Character Construction. Favorini Skillfully Argues That Dramatic Models Of Memory Need To Be Reckoned Along With The Constructions Of Philosophy, Psychology, And Neuroscience In Order To Render A Full Account Of The History Of Memory. Through This Lens, The Work Of Aeschylus, Shakespeare, Goethe, Ibsen, And Strindberg, As Well As Such Pillars Of Twentieth-century Drama As Pirandello, O'neill, Wilder, Sherwood, Williams, Miller, Anouilh, Beckett, Pinter, Friel, Shepard, Kennedy, And Wilson Are Explored.