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The Bard on the brain : understanding the mind through the art of Shakespeare and the science of brain imaging / Paul M. Matthews and Jeffrey McQuain ; foreword by Diane Ackerman.
- Title
- The Bard on the brain : understanding the mind through the art of Shakespeare and the science of brain imaging / Paul M. Matthews and Jeffrey McQuain ; foreword by Diane Ackerman.
- Author
- Matthews, Paul M.
- Publication
- New York : Dana Press, ©2003.
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- Additional Authors
- McQuain, Jeff, 1955-
- Description
- ix, 235 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Thirty-five of the most beautiful passages from Shakespeare's plays are given here, together with stunning images of the brain from researchers around the world. To this intoxicating mix are added performance photos of acclaimed British and American actors - such as Morgan Freeman as Petruchio, Sir Ian McKellan as Prospero, Alfre Woodard as Paulina, and Anthony Hopkins as King Lear - from celebrated Shakespeare companies. The result of this partnership among scientist, scholar, and Shakespeare is a unique view of the human drama and a wonderfully revealing perspective on the brain."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Popular Work
- Psychology
- Literature, Modern
- Brain Mapping
- Medicine in Literature
- Psychologie
- Hirnforschung
- Psychology in literature
- Mind and body in literature
- Emotions in literature
- Drama > Psychological aspects
- Brain > Imaging
- Shakespeare, William
- Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Psychology
- Genre/Form
- Popular Work
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword: On the Bard's Brain / Diane Ackerman -- A Map of the Brain -- Minds and Brains -- The Wonder of the Human Brain (The Tempest, 5.1) -- Seeing the Man Through His Brain (Hamlet, 5.1) -- We Share a Common Humanity (The Merchant of Venice, 3.1) -- Seeing, Smelling, Feeling -- Finding a Face (Romeo and Juliet, 2.2) -- Smell: A Direct Link to the Emotional Brain (Hamlet, 3.3) -- Heat and Cold: As Much in the Mind As on the Skin (Hamlet, 5.2) -- Decision and Action -- Battle of the Sexes (The Taming of the Shrew, 2.1) -- Movement Begins in the Mind (Henry V. 3.1) -- "Let Me Clutch Thee" (Macbeth, 2.1) -- Learning and Growing (Love's Labour's Lost, 4.3) -- Judgment and Control (Henry IV, Part I, 1.2) -- Motivation and Morality (Richard III, 1.1) -- Language and Numbers -- A Muse of Fire (Henry V, Prologue) -- A Subtle Voice (The Merchant of Venice, 4.1) -- What Is a Word? (Henry IV, Part I, 5.1) -- Binding Qualities in Meaning (Romeo and Juliet, 2.2) -- Putting an English Tongue in a French Brain (Henry V, 5.2) -- Numbers on the Mind (Julius Caesar, 2.1) -- Our Inner World -- Development and Memory (The Tempest, 1.2) -- Musie As a Call to Life (The Winter's Tale, 5.3) -- What Makes Musie Sweet? (Twelfth Night, 1.1) -- Being God's Spy: Opening the Emotional Heart (King Lear, 5.3) -- A Fearful Anticipation (Macbeth, 5.8) -- Building a World in the Mind (The Tempest, 4.1) -- The Seventh Age of Man: Disease, Aging, and Death -- Brain Sickness and the Seven Ages of Man (As You Like It, 2.7) -- The Falling Sickness (Julius Caesar, 1.2).
- ISBN
- 9780972383028
- 0972383026
- LCCN
- 2002151166
- OCLC
- 50843994
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library