Tragic props and cognitive function
Subtitle: aspects of the function of images in thinking
By: by Colleen Chaston.
Series: Mnemosyne. Supplements -- v. 317. -- Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava -- 317.; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9789004177383
Subjects: Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism; Imagery (Psychology) in literature; Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery -- Greece -- History; Theater -- Greece -- History -- To 500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Aristotle's opsis ; The sorts of images we find in tragedy ; Cognitive psychology and the role of imagery in problem solving; title: The shield : Aiskhylos, Seven against Thebes : 375-676; title: The urn : Sophokles, Elektra; title: The mask of Dionysos : Euripides, Bakkhai.