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Phantasmatic Shakespeare : Imagination in the Age of Early Modern Science /

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"Examines the intersection of early modern psychology and the history of science. It argues that Shakespeare was primarily interested in imagination as a cognitive rather than an aesthetic power"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Roychoudhury, Suparna (Autor)
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Colección:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation. Science in literature. Psychology in literature. Literature and science. Imagination in literature. Cognition in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare. Cognition dans la litterature. Psychologie dans la litterature. Sciences dans la litterature. Litterature et sciences > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle. Litterature et sciences > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle. Literature and science > England > History > 17th century. Literature and science > England > History > 16th century. England. History. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

Tabla de Contenidos:

Introduction : Theseus, phantasia, and the scientific renaissance
Between heart and eye : anatomies of imagination in the sonnets
Children of fancy : academic idleness and Love's labour's lost
Of atoms, air, and insects : Mercutio's "vain fantasy"
Seeming to see : King Lear's mental optics
Melancholy, ecstasy, phantasma : the pathologies of Macbeth
Chimeras : natural history and the shapes of The tempest
Epilogue : the rude fantasticals.