Shakespearean neuroplay : reinvigorating the study of dramatic texts and performance through cognitive science

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    • Cook, Amy

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Shakespearean neuroplay : reinvigorating the study of dramatic texts and performance through cognitive science

Amy Cook

(Cognitive studies in literature and performance / edited by Bruce McConachie and Blakey Vermeule)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

  • : hardback
  • : pbk

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Contents of Works

  • 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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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.

Table of 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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