Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance: Reinvigorating the Study of Dramatic Texts and Performance through Cognitive Science

Cook, A.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-10-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230105478

DOI: 10.1057/9780230113053

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 205