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Author(s) -
David Hasberg ZirakSchmidt
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
passage - tidsskrift for litteratur og kritik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1904-7797
pISSN - 0901-8883
DOI - 10.7146/pas.v34i81.114425
Subject(s) - apotheosis , dialectic , reading (process) , ambivalence , literature , philosophy , history , art history , epistemology , art , psychoanalysis , psychology , linguistics
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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