Why are the plots of Shakespeare and his contemporaries so
different from those of his predecessors? This book argues that the
answer is in part that certain forms of expectation were largely
undeveloped in the medieval period. More broadly, it suggests that
many of the causal and temporal thought processes that are second
nature to us operated very differently or had not been developed in
the minds of most medieval people. And conversely, it suggests that
other mental faculties (such as the ability to respond to some of
the elemental appeal of poetry) may have become dulled by the
post-renaissance rationalist emphasis in our culture. In addition
to drawing on a broad range of etymological and literary evidence
(from the 10th century Gnomic verses to 16th-century drama) the
book delves into medieval history, and draws many anthropological
parallels. This is a significant study in the nature of narrative
and an important investigation into the mental and cultural worlds
of Shakespeare and his predecessors.
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