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Word vs. Image: Cognitive Hunger in Shakespeare's England
Ellen Spolsky
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Description for Word vs. Image: Cognitive Hunger in Shakespeare's England
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 254 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HPN; HRCC9; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230006317
SKU
V9780230006317
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About Ellen Spolsky
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Word vs. Image: Cognitive Hunger in Shakespeare's England
'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