Actions that a (hu)man might play : a cognitive study of gesture in Shakespeare's plays

• Main Author: Seymour, Laura
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: Birkbeck, University of London 2016

This thesis uses cognitive theory to examine gesture in William Shakespeare’s plays. Cognition involves both thoughts and emotions, and cognitive theory examines thought which is rooted both in the body and its gestures and in the gesturer’s environment. Based on recent neuroscientific findings and...