This book explores ways in which Shakespeare¿s writing strategies shape our embodied perception
of objects ¿ both real and imaginary ¿ in four of his plays. Taking the reader on a series of
perceptual journeys it engages in an exciting dialogue between the disciplines of
phenomenology cognitive studies historicist research and modern acting techniques in order
to probe our sentient and intuitive responses to Shakespeare¿s language. What happens when we
encounter objects on page and stage and how we can imagine that impact in performance? What
influences might have shaped the language that created them and what do they reveal about our
response to what we see and hear? By placing objects under the phenomenological lens and
scrutinising them as vital conduits between lived experience and language this book
illuminates Shakespeare¿s writing as a rich source for investigation into the way we think
feel and communicate as embodied beings.
