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Shakespearean Neuroplay: Reinvigorating the Study of Dramatic Texts and Performance through Cognitive Science


Shakespearean Neuroplay: Reinvigorating the Study of Dramatic Texts and Performance through Cognitive Science

Hardback by Cook, A.

Shakespearean Neuroplay: Reinvigorating the Study of Dramatic Texts and Performance through Cognitive Science

£44.99

ISBN:
9780230105478
Publication Date:
15 Oct 2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages:
205 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 28 - 30 May 2024
Shakespearean Neuroplay: Reinvigorating the Study of Dramatic Texts and Performance through Cognitive Science

Description

Using Shakespeare's Hamlet as a test subject and cognitive linguistic theory of conceptual blending as a tool, Cook unravels the 'mirror held up to nature' at the center of Shakespeare's play and provides a methodology for applying cognitive science to the study of drama.

Contents

Who's there? Linguistic Synaesthesia Mirror | Mirror; Mirror | rorriM A Cognitive Linguistic Reading of Hamlet's Meaning Superflux Play's the Thing - A cognitive Linguistic Performance Analysis Past/Future, Microscope/Telescope, Performance/Science Conclusion: A Dying Voice

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