Shakespeare and Conceptual Blending: Cognition, Creativity, Criticism

by Michael Booth

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319872516
• ISBN13: 9783319872513
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"