Learning on ScreenShakespeare, Mind and World
- Synopsis
- Video podcast. A series of talks from an interdisciplinary event held by the St Edmund Hall Centre for the Creative Brain in Oxford on 26 November 2016. The speakers interpret the theme of ‘Shakespeare and the Brain’ in various ways, examining it from the perspective of literature scholars, neuroscientists and actors. All the talks are aimed at a non-specialist audience. In this edition Tom MacFaul discusses how Shakespeare’s age thought about thinking. In particular, he looks at the transformative power of thought and the idea in some of Shakespeare’s works that the mind is free to create its own world.
- Series
- Shakespeare and the Brain
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 29 Nov 2016
- Duration
- 38 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Tom MacFaul
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- brain sciences; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); thought processes
Notes
- Notes
- Accessed 2/2017
Online Availability
Production Company
- Name
University of Oxford, Faculty of English
- Web
- http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk External site opens in new window
Distributor
- Name
University of Oxford Podcasts
- Web
- http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window
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