| Description |
323 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history |
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Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
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| Contents |
1. Will the real Cogito please stand up? -- 2. Ancient specters (prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman) -- 3. Phantom limbs, unconscious zombies, and multiple selves -- 4. Shakespeare's Roman shades (Titus Andronicus and Titus) -- 5. Theatrical elements in the mind's eye -- 6. Ghosts of Hamlet onscreen -- 7. Selective spirits in neural evolution -- 8. Noh desires and the others -- 9. Brain stages |
| Summary |
"Ghosts of Theatre and Cinema in the Brain focuses on the staging of Self and Other as phantom characters inside the brain, given its anatomical evolution from animal to human and its cultural expression through stage and screen technologies. The book alternates between artistic examples and scientific theories to investigate the ghosts of theatre and cinema in various cultures, emerging through theatrical and cinematic elements in all human brains. A range of spectral dramas are examined in different historical contexts: from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, to Shakespeare, Japanese Noh theatre, and related films (six Hamlet movies. Titus, and The Others)."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-303) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Self in literature.
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Other (Philosophy) in literature.
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Characters and characteristics in motion pictures.
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Ghosts in literature.
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Drama -- History and criticism.
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Ghosts in motion pictures.
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| Genre/Form |
Computer network resources
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| LC no. |
2005051450 |
| ISBN |
140397215X hardcover alkaline paper |
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