Introduction

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Abstract The first part of the Introduction places the volume in its scholarly context within cognitive literary studies in general and cognitive approaches to Greek tragedy in particular, and maps the variety of approaches taken by the individual chapters. The second part tackles issues of methodology, not just for this volume but for cognitive literary studies in Classics more widely. Four questions are discussed: Do cognitively inflected studies of Greek tragedy, by drawing on research in the sciences, make claims to knowledge that differ from those in standard literary criticism? How can we best think about the interaction between universality and cultural (as well as individual) specificity in this type of work? Does cognitive criticism generate new readings? And can cognitive criticism give something back to cognitive science?

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