Overview
- Addresses the lack of studies on objects in Shakespeare over the years
- Views Shakespeare’s language as inextricably bound up with our own experience of objects in his plays
- Engages the reader in an intense exploration of the relationship between object and language in the plays, examining the way the texts are written to shape our perception of objects
Part of the book series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies (PASHST)
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This book explores ways in which Shakespeare’s writing strategies shape our embodied perception of objects – both real and imaginary – in four of his plays. Taking the reader on a series of perceptual journeys, it engages in an exciting dialogue between the disciplines of phenomenology, cognitive studies, historicist research and modern acting techniques, in order to probe our sentient and intuitive responses to Shakespeare’s language. What happens when we encounter objects on page and stage; and how we can imagine that impact in performance? What influences might have shaped the language that created them; and what do they reveal about our response to what we see and hear? By placing objects under the phenomenological lens, and scrutinising them as vital conduits between lived experience and language, this book illuminates Shakespeare’s writing as a rich source for investigation into the way we think, feel and communicate as embodied beings.
Reviews
“Sachon’s book is an important contribution to cognitive Shakespeare studies. … Through its detailed textual analysis, and accessible style, this book helps readers understand the complex processes behind our experiences of objects in texts. It is of interest not only to scholars of Shakespeare and cognitive literary studies but also to anyone working at the intersection of philosophyand literature.” (Jun Feng, Cahiers Élisabéthains, Vol. 106 (1), 2021)
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Book Title: Shakespeare, Objects and Phenomenology
Book Subtitle: Daggers of the Mind
Authors: Susan Sachon
Series Title: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05207-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05206-5Published: 24 January 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05207-2Published: 24 December 2019
Series ISSN: 2731-3204
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3212
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 243
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Shakespeare, Drama