Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance: A Cognitive Approach to Embodiment in Early English Possession

Uszkalo, K.

Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-07-01

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137512246

DOI: 10.1057/9781137498229

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 263