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Shakespeare and cognition : thinking fast and slow through character

Title
Shakespeare and cognition : thinking fast and slow through character / Neema Parvini.
Author
Parvini, Neema
Publication
  • Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
  • ©2015

Details

Description
ix, 75 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
"Shakespeare and Cognition challenges orthodox approaches to Shakespeare by using recent psychological findings about human decision-making to analyse the unique characters that populate his plays. It aims to find a way to reconnect readers and watchers of Shakespeare's plays to the fundamental questions that first animated them. Why does Othello succumb so easily to Iago's manipulations? Why does Anne allow herself to be wooed by Richard III, the man who killed her husband and father? Why does Macbeth go from being a seemingly reasonable man to a cold-blooded killer? Why does Hamlet take so long to kill Claudius? This book aims to answer these questions from a fresh perspective"--
Series Statement
Palgrave Pivot
Uniform Title
Palgrave pivot.
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Psychology
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Characters
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Cognition in literature
  • Psychology and literature
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare
  • PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology
  • Characters and characteristics
  • Psychology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- List of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroductory Note1. Why Characters Matter in Shakespeare's Plays2. Key Concepts: Dual-Process Theory, Heuristics and Biases3. 'Teach me how to flatter you': Persuasion4. Iago, Othello, and Trait Ascription Bias5. 'And reason panders will': Another Look at Hamlet's Analysis ParalysisConcluding NoteReferencesIndex.
ISBN
  • 9781137543158
  • 1137543159
LCCN
2015037404
OCLC
YBP 2015037404
Author
Parvini, Neema, author.
Title
Shakespeare and cognition : thinking fast and slow through character / Neema Parvini.
Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Palgrave Pivot
Palgrave pivot.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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