Cognition, Mindreading, and Shakespeare's Characters

• Main Author: Helms, Nicholas R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance
• Subjects: Literature, Modern.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Literature-Philosophy.; Cognitive psychology.; Shakespeare.; Literary Theory.; Cognitive Psychology.

Cognition, Mindreading, and Shakespeare's Characters brings cognitive science to Shakespeare, applying contemporary theories of mindreading to Shakespeare's construction of character. Building on the work of the philosopher Alvin Goldman and cognitive literary critics such as Bruce McConac...