Shakespearean Neuroplay [electronic resource] : Reinvigorating the Study of Dramatic Texts and Performance through Cognitive Science /
Cook, A.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Who's there? -- Linguistic synaesthesia -- Mirror  mirror; mirror  rorrim -- Meaning superflux : a cognitive linguistic reading of Hamlet -- Play's the thing : a cognitive linguistic performance analysis -- Past/future, microscope/telescope, performance/science -- Conclusion : a dying voice.
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.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Applied linguistics.
Theater-History.
Poetry.
British literature.
Literature, Modern.
Theater.
Applied Linguistics.
Theatre History.
Poetry and Poetics.
British and Irish Literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Theatre and Performance Studies.