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.
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 na...
Theatre, Performance and Cognition introduces readers to the key debates, areas of research, and applications of the cognitive sciences to the humanities, and to theatre and performance in particular. It features the most exciting work being done at the intersection of theatre and cognitive science, containing both selected scientific studies that have been influential in the field, each introduced and contextualised by the editors, together with related scholarship from the field of theatre and performance that demonstrates some of the applications of the cognitive sciences to...
Theatre, Performance and Cognition introduces readers to the key debates, areas of research, and applications of the cognitive sciences to t...
Theatre, Performance and Cognition introduces readers to the key debates, areas of research, and applications of the cognitive sciences to the humanities, and to theatre and performance in particular. It features the most exciting work being done at the intersection of theatre and cognitive science, containing both selected scientific studies that have been influential in the field, each introduced and contextualised by the editors, together with related scholarship from the field of theatre and performance that demonstrates some of the applications of the cognitive sciences to...
Theatre, Performance and Cognition introduces readers to the key debates, areas of research, and applications of the cognitive sciences to t...
"She fought her way across the Vasts, defeated Rabids with little more than a helmet, and faced truths of the heart that threatened to destroy her. Her friend situation is looking up, and her knight in rusty armor is a man that her mother would most certainly not approve of. With a great apartment and a job she loves to hate, what more could a girl want? As she's grown accustomed to a life filled with bumps, bruises, gore and blackouts, one might think there isn't much left that Amiel Hilden can't face down and conquer. One would be wrong. Because life can get a whole lot darker when the...
"She fought her way across the Vasts, defeated Rabids with little more than a helmet, and faced truths of the heart that threatened to destroy her. He...
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.
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 na...
What can we learn about how we understand each other and ourselves by examining the casting we find on stage and film - the casting we find perfect and the casting we find wrong? Building Character examines how the process of ""casting"" an actor in a part creates a character and how this can be usefully understood through deploying theories from the cognitive sciences.
What can we learn about how we understand each other and ourselves by examining the casting we find on stage and film - the casting we find perfect an...