Shakespearean Neuroplay: Reinvigorating the Study of Dramatic Texts and Performance through Cognitive Science (Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance)

Shakespearean Neuroplay Provides A Methodology For Applying Cognitive Science To The Study Of Drama And Performance. With Shakespeare's Hamlet As A Test Subject And The Cognitive Linguistic Theory Of Conceptual Blending As A Tool, Cook Unravels The Mirror Held Up To Nature At The Center Of Shakespeare's Play. Hamlet's Mirror Becomes A Conceptual Structure That Invisibly Scaffolds Our Understanding Of The Play. A Lucid Explanation Of Both Contemporary Science And Hamlet, Shakespearean Neuroplay Unveils Shakespeare's Textual Theatrics And Sheds Light On Blind Spots In Theatre And Performance Theory. Who's There? -- Linguistic Synaesthesia -- Mirror Mirror; Mirror Rorrim -- Meaning Superflux : A Cognitive Linguistic Reading Of Hamlet -- Play's The Thing : A Cognitive Linguistic Performance Analysis -- Past/future, Microscope/telescope, Performance/science -- Conclusion : A Dying Voice. Amy Cook. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 1 Who's There?......Page 14 Stand and Unfold Yourself......Page 16 Rivals of My Watch......Page 27 Minutes of This Night......Page 33 2 Linguistic Synaesthesia......Page 36 Half Cents......Page 40 Cunning of the Seen......Page 43 Her Speech Is Nothing......Page 49 3 Mirror | Mirror; Mirror | rorriM......Page 56 The Critical Mirror......Page 58 The Rear-View Mirror......Page 61 The Mirror Blend......Page 70 4 Meaning Superflux—A Cognitive Linguistic Reading of Hamlet......Page 78 Hand and Soul......Page 82 Enactures......Page 90 Hamlet's an Old Minnow......Page 97 5 Play's the Thing—A Cognitive Linguistic Performance Analysis......Page 104 Inexplicable Dumb Shows on an Unworthy Scaffold......Page 105 Casting—to out-Herod Herod......Page 118 Gesture and Performance—"tweaks me by th' nose"......Page 125 6 Past/Future, Microscope/Telescope, Performance/Science......Page 136 An Eye of You......Page 138 Surpassing Show......Page 151 The Inmost Part......Page 154 Conclusion: A Dying Voice......Page 162 A Rhapsody of Words......Page 163 An Eye of View......Page 167 Notes......Page 172 Index......Page 210 Who's there? Linguistic synaesthesia Mirror mirror; mirror rorrim A cognitive linguistic reading of Hamlet's meaning superflux Play's the thing : a cognitive linguistic performance analysis Past/future, microscope/telescope, performance/science Conclusion : a dying voice. 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.