Phantasmatic Shakespeare imagination in the age of early modern science / Suparna Roychoudhury.
| Author/creator | Roychoudhury, Suparna |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Roychoudhury, Suparna, author. Phantasmatic Shakespeare Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 9781501726552 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018018663 |
| ISBN | 9781501726569 (pdf) |
| ISBN | 9781501726576 (ret) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |