Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance: Attention and Memory in Shakespeare’s Theatre

Tribble, E.

Early modern playing companies performed up to six different plays a week and mounted new plays frequently. This book seeks to answer a seemingly simple question: how did they do it? Drawing upon work in philosophy and the cognitive sciences, it proposes that the cognitive work of theatre is distributed across body, brain, and world.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-03-29

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349293377

DOI: 10.1057/9780230118515

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 200