Alt er sandt!

Erindring, glemsel og historie i Shakespeare og Fletchers Henry VIII

Forfattere

  • David Hasberg Zirak-Schmidt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/pas.v34i81.114425

Nøgleord:

history play, Shakespeare, erindring, glemsel, fiktionaliseret historie

Resumé

David Hasberg Zirak-Schmidt: “All is true! Memory, Oblivion and History in Shakespeare and Fletcher’s Henry VIII”

In this article I examine the dialectic of memory and oblivion in Shakespeare and Fletcher’s history play Henry VIII. Taking off from a close reading of the ambivalent apotheosis of Catherine of Aragon, the article argues that Henry VIII questions the relationship between fiction and historical truth. Through this process, I argue, that the play self-consciously reflects on the theater’s role and ability as a transmitter of historical knowledge and truth.

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Publiceret

2019-06-01

Citation/Eksport

Zirak-Schmidt, D. H. (2019). Alt er sandt! Erindring, glemsel og historie i Shakespeare og Fletchers Henry VIII. Passage - Tidsskrift for Litteratur Og Kritik, 34(81), 9–21. https://doi.org/10.7146/pas.v34i81.114425