"'I have Drunk and Seen the Spider': Cognition, Affect, and the Carnivalesque in The Winter's Tale" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbp119/ Author: Paster, Gail Kern. Type: Journal Article Year: 2024 Publication Information: Shakespeare Studies 51 (2024): 11–25. Annotation: Argues that "the spider in the cup" in Winter's Tale "can be used to recontextualize the carnivalesque" by drawing together "cognitive studies and the ecology of the passions." Language: English Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Winter's Tale WSB Update: Spring 2026 WSB Record Number: bbbp119