Word vs Image: Cognitive Hunger in Shakespeare’s England

Author:   E. Spolsky
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780230006317


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   28 November 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Word vs Image: Cognitive Hunger in Shakespeare’s England


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Arguing on recent cognitive evidence that reading a Bible is much more difficult for human brains than seeing images, this book exposes the depth and breadth of Protestant theologians' misunderstandings about how people could reform their spiritual lives - how they could literally change their minds.

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Author:   E. Spolsky
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780230006317


ISBN 10:   0230006310
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   28 November 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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'Ellen Spolsky's book is a challenging invitation to resist the familiar understanding of old stories ... and to read/ see in T/texts new significations through ever different lenses.' - The European Legacy


"'Ellen Spolsky's book is a challenging invitation to ""resist the familiar understanding"" of old stories ... and to read/ ""see in"" T/texts new significations through ever different lenses.' - The European Legacy"


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ELLEN SPOLSKY is a Professor of English at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. She is a literary theorist with an appetite for biological theories such as cognitive cultural theory, iconotropism, performance theory, and even some aspects of evolutionary literary theory. Her books and essays have worked toward a sophisticated understanding of both the universal and historically local aspects of Renaissance art, poetry and drama.

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