Shakespeare and Cognition: Aristotle's Legacy and Shakespearean Drama

by Arthur F. Kinney

Overview

Shakespeare and Cognition examines the essential relationship between vision, knowledge, and memory in Renaissance models of cognition as seen in Shakespeare's plays. Drawing on both Aristotle's Metaphysics and contemporary cognitive literary theory, Arthur F. Kinney explores five key objects/images in Shakespeare's plays – crowns, bells, rings, graves and ghosts – that are not actually seen (or, in the case of the latter, not meant to be seen), but are central to the imagination of both the playwright and the playgoers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135515119
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Kinney, Arthur F.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Aristotle’s Legacy; Chapter 2 Shakespeare’s Crowns; Chapter 3 Shakespeare’s Rings; Chapter 4 Shakespeare’s Bells; Chapter 5 Shakespeare’s Wills; Chapter 6 Shakespeare’s Legacy;

Editorial Reviews

'Shakespeare and Cognition is a fascinating and wide-ranging examination of why his plays, whilst rooted in the late sixteenth-early seventeenth century, have retained their appeal for four centuries.' - British Theatre Guide

"...Kinney opens the world of Shakespearean objects to wide-ranging and insightful inquiry." — Bruce Boehrer, Studies in English Literature

"Kinney deftly handles his textual and historical material." — Renaissance Quarterly

'Shakespeare and Cognition is a fascinating and wide-ranging examination of why his plays, whilst rooted in the late sixteenth-early seventeenth century, have retained their appeal for four centuries.' - British Theatre Guide

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