Shakespeare and Cognition

Thinking Fast and Slow through Character

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
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Author: N. Parvini ISBN: 9781137543165
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: October 1, 2015
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Language: English
Author: N. Parvini
ISBN: 9781137543165
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: October 1, 2015
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English

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.

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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.

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