Shakespeare and Conceptual Blending

Cognition, Creativity, Criticism

Michael Booth (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXII, 257 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783319872513 (ISBN)

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This book shows how Shakespeare's excellence as storyteller, wit and poet reflects the creative process of conceptual blending. Cognitive theory provides a wealth of new ideas that illuminate Shakespeare, even as he illuminates them, and the theory of blending, or conceptual integration, strikingly corroborates and amplifies both classic and current insights of literary criticism. This study explores how Shakespeare crafted his plots by fusing diverse story elements and compressing incidents to strengthen dramatic illusion; considers Shakespeare's wit as involving sudden incongruities and a reckoning among differing points of view; interrogates how blending generates the "strange meaning" that distinguishes poetic expression; and situates the project in relation to other cognitive literary criticism. This book is of particular significance to scholars and students of Shakespeare and cognitive theory, as well as readers curious about how the mind works.

Michael Booth has taught English Literature at Oberlin College, USA and held both teaching and administrative positions at Harvard University, USA. He has been awarded a Mellon postdoctoral fellowship and a John Carter Brown Library research fellowship, and has published articles in Early Modern Culture and The Yale Journal of Criticism.

Foreword; Mark Turner.- Series Editors' Preface; Blakey Vermeule and Bruce McConachie.- List of Figures.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Shakespeare's Stories.- 3. Shakespeare's Wit.- 4. Shakespeare's Poetry.- 5. Criticism and the Blending Mind.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance
Zusatzinfo	XXII, 257 p. 13 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	369 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	brain • Integration • Mind • narrative • Neuroplay
ISBN-13	9783319872513 / 9783319872513
Zustand	Neuware