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Introduction

Between Memory and Death

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2022

By
William E. Engel ,
Rory Loughnane  and
Grant Williams
Edited by
William E. Engel ,
Rory Loughnane  and
Grant Williams
William E. Engel
Affiliation:
University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
Rory Loughnane
Affiliation:
University of Kent, Canterbury
Grant Williams
Affiliation:
Carleton University, Ottawa
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Summary

The Introduction briefly surveys the individual importance of memory studies and death studies in the lives, literature, and visual imagination of Renaissance England and then makes a case for the benefit and utility of mapping out their specific areas of intersection. Although the cross-pollination between memory and mortality is not strictly reciprocal, the two thematic fields during the period overlap in a range of philosophical, educational, theological, and ceremonial domains so that studying one field requires scholars to investigate and understand the other.

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memory artsdeath artsmemory studiesdeath studiesars moriendimemento moriearly modern literaturedeath iconographythanatologyReformation studies
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Memory and Mortality in Renaissance England , pp. 1 - 22
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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