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Cognition in the Globe : Attention and Memory in Shakespeare's Theatre /

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Early modern playing companies performed up to six different plays a week and mounted new plays frequently. This book seeks to answer a seemingly simple question: how did they do it? Drawing upon work in philosophy and the cognitive sciences, it proposes that the cognitive work of theatre is distrib...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tribble, Evelyn B. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Cognitive studies in literature and performance.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Theatre History.
British literature.
Literature, Modern.
Poetry.
Theater > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Early modern playing companies performed up to six different plays a week and mounted new plays frequently. This book seeks to answer a seemingly simple question: how did they do it? Drawing upon work in philosophy and the cognitive sciences, it proposes that the cognitive work of theatre is distributed across body, brain, and world.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages)
ISBN:9780230118515
DOI:10.1057/9780230118515