Knowing Subjects Cognitive Cultural Studies and Early Modern Spanish |
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| Author:
| Simerka, Barbara |
| Series title: | Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55753-644-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2013 |
| Publisher: | Purdue University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Barbara Simerka uses cognitive cultural studies to delineate new ways of looking at early modern Spanish literature and to analyse cognition and social identity in Spain from the late fifteenth to late eighteenth centuries. She analyses works by Cervantes and Gracían, as well as picaresque novels and comedias. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, she brings together several strands of cognitive theory and details the synergies among neurological, anthropological, and psychological...
More DescriptionBarbara Simerka uses cognitive cultural studies to delineate new ways of looking at early modern Spanish literature and to analyse cognition and social identity in Spain from the late fifteenth to late eighteenth centuries. She analyses works by Cervantes and Gracían, as well as picaresque novels and comedias. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, she brings together several strands of cognitive theory and details the synergies among neurological, anthropological, and psychological discoveries that provide new insights into human cognition.