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

by Amy Cook

Book Overview

Shakespearean Neuroplay provides a methodology for applying cognitive science to the study of drama and performance. With Shakespeare's Hamlet as a test subject and the cognitive linguistic theory of conceptual blending as a tool, Cook unravels the "mirror held up to nature" at the center of Shakespeare's play. Hamlet's mirror becomes a conceptual structure that invisibly scaffolds our understanding of the play. A lucid explanation of both contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230105475
• ISBN13: 9780230105478
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"