Sophie Duncan

Shakespeare's Props

Memory and Cognition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cognitive approaches to drama have enriched our understanding of Early Modern playtexts, acting and spectatorship. This monograph explores Shakespeare's props and their cognitive impact, illuminating Shakespeare's exploration of extended cognition, recollection and remembrance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781138291225
• ISBN-10: 1138291226
• Artikelnr.: 52961108

Autorenporträt

Dr. Sophie Duncan is a Fellow in English at Christ Church College, University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Chapter 1: Books, Boxes, Brains: Recollection as Weapon in
Hamlet. Chapter 2: 'Washing the Ethiope white': Biography of a
Handkerchief. Chapter 3: 'Pictures in little': Forensics and Faces. Chapter
4: Broaching the Tadpole: Babies and Corpses. Chapter 5: 'He's useless
without his books': Forgetting Through Props. Conclusions