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Conceiving desire in Lyly and Shakespeare : metaphor, cognition and eros /
"To 'conceive' desire is to acknowledge the generative potential of the erotic imagination, its capacity to impart form and make meaning out of the most elusive experiences. Drawing from cognitive theories about the metaphorical nature of thought, Gillian Knoll traces the contours of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2020.
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| Colección: | Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction; Part I. Motion; Introduction. The Physics and Metaphysics of Metaphor; Chapter 1. The Erotic Potential of Idleness in Lyly's Drama; Chapter 2. The 'Raging Motions' of Eros on Shakespeare's Stage; Part II. Space; Introduction. 'In love.'; Chapter 3. 'A petty world of myself': Intimacy and Erotic Distance in Endymion; Chapter 4. Binding the void: The Erotics of Place in Antony and Cleopatra; Part III. Creativity; Introduction. Erotic Subject, Object, Instrument; Chapter 5. Love's Use in Campaspe; Chapter 6. 'You lie, in faith': Making Marriage in The Taming of the Shrew; Conclusion. Metaphorical Constraints: Making 'frenzy ... fine'; Bibliography; Index.