Elizabeth Richmond-Garza's 'Forgotten Cites/Sights' is ambitious and provocative. It combines impressive learning with theoretical sophistication, measuring the power of tragic spectacle in Renaissance drama by focusing on its incorporation of an instrumental classical inheritance. (David Scott Kastan, Columbia University) 'Forgotten Cites' stands out, insofar as there is no other study that documents so thoroughly the appearance of classical citations in three case studies (Kyd, Marlowe, and Shakespeare), and uses them to test theories of the very nature of citation, quotation, allusion, and the function of these in the process of canonization of 'classical' works. As a unique study in this respect, currently of great interest in humanistic scholarship, it will be a must for every academic library. I recommend this book without hesitation. Cleverly written, engaging, fun. (Dirk Obbink, Barnard College) What is especially gratifying and rewarding about 'Forgotten Cites', is the author's blending of wide and deep learning in both the classical and Renaissance materials with contemporary theory, particularly Derrida's notions about text citation - except that unlike Derrida's epigones, this author applies her theory in a creative and fruitful fashion to different materials and thereby vindicates the theory rather than merely repeating or illustrating it. This combination of virtues should make the book of great interest to a wide audience of scholars and critics. (James V. Mirollo, Columbia University) Skryť popis