Using Shakespeare's Hamlet as a test subject and cognitive linguistic theory of conceptual blending as a tool, Cook unravels the 'mirror held up to nature' at the center of Shakespeare's play and provides a methodology for applying cognitive science to the study of drama.

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AMY COOK is Assistant Professor of Theatre and History, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

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Who's there? Linguistic Synaesthesia Mirror | Mirror; Mirror | rorriM A Cognitive Linguistic Reading of Hamlet's Meaning Superflux Play's the Thing - A cognitive Linguistic Performance Analysis Past/Future, Microscope/Telescope, Performance/Science Conclusion: A Dying Voice