Shakespeare and Cognition: Aristotle's Legacy and Shakespearean Drama

186 Pages·2006·5.28 MB·English

by  Arthur F. Kinney

Shakespeare Cognition
and
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Shakespeare Cognition
and
Aristotle’s Legacy and Shakespearean Drama
Arthur F. Kinney
New York London
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Kinney, Arthur F., 1933-
Shakespeare and cognition : Aristotle’s legacy and Shakespearean drama / Arthur
F. Kinney.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-415-97752-5 (hb) -- ISBN 0-415-97753-3 (pb)
1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation. 2. Shakespeare,
William, 1564-1616--Philosophy. 3. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--
Psychology. 4. Aristotle--Influence. 5. Cognition in literature. I. Title.
PR3001.K55 2006
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Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Preface xiii
Aristotle’s Legacy 1
Shakespeare’s Crowns 25
Shakespeare’s Rings 51
Shakespeare’s Bells 77
Shakespeare’s Wills 101
Shakespeare’s Legacy 129
Notes 133
Bibliography 145

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The raison d’être of poetics is to make explicit and rational, and
to test the coherence of, the theories that enable interpretation
to take place.
Peter Brooks
Goats graze on bitter herbs and make sweet milk of it, and from
the selfsame flower do honey bees derive their sweet honey and
spiders their deadly poisons.
Johannes Reuchlin
No ideas but in things.
William Carlos Williams
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Dedication
For my Australian colleagues
and
in memory of Lloyd Davis,
Herbert Berry, and Scott McMillin
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