Shakespeare's Props: Memory and Cognition

by Sophie Duncan and Sophie Duncan

Book Overview

Cognitive approaches to drama have enriched our understanding of Early Modern playtexts, acting and spectatorship. This monograph is the first full-length study of Shakespeare's props and their cognitive impact. Shakespeare's most iconic props have become transhistorical, transnational metonyms for their plays: a strawberry-spotted handkerchief instantly recalls Othello; a skull Hamlet. One reason for stage properties' neglect by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367662183
• ISBN13: 9780367662189
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"