Actions that a (hu)man might play : a cognitive study of gesture in Shakespeare's plays
This thesis uses cognitive theory to examine gesture in William Shakespeare’s plays. Cognition involves both thoughts and emotions, and cognitive theory examines thought which is rooted both in the body and its gestures and in the gesturer’s environment. Based on recent neuroscientific findings and...
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Birkbeck (University of London)
2016
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.715340 |