The Cognitive Humanities Embodied Mind in Literature and Culture
This book identifies the ‘cognitive humanities’ with new approaches to literature and culture that engage with recent theories of the embodied mind in cognitive science. If cognition should be approached less as a matter of internal representation—a Carte
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Embodied Mind in Liter ature and Culture
PETER GARRATT
The Cognitive Humanities
Peter Garratt Editor
The Cognitive Humanities Embodied Mind in Literature and Culture
Editor Peter Garratt English Studies Durham University Durham, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-137-59328-3 ISBN 978-1-137-59329-0 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59329-0
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For Cecile Agnes, with love and admiration
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book has its origins in countless conversations with friends and collaborators, near and far, over several years. Much of this happened through the international research network Cognitive Futures in the Humanities, which was made possible by generous initial funding from the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (2012–2014). With that support, many embodied minds could assemble at symposia and major conferences in Newcastle, Bangor and Durham; thank you to Vyv Evans and Matt Hayler for the many hours spent helping to organise these meetings, which established a platform for successful later conferences in Oxford (organised by Ben Morgan and Sowon Park) and Helsinki (organised by Merja Polvinen and Karin Kukkonen). That the network continues to plan events in new venues around the world, from Kent to California, is a sign of its participants’ wonderful dynamism. It is also a legacy of the original steering group, who gave their time and energy so freely: Phi
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