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Autore |
Sklar Howard <1959-> |
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Titolo |
The art of sympathy in fiction [[electronic resource] ] : forms of ethical and emotional persuasion / / Howard Sklar |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-24102-6 |
90-272-7220-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (206 p.) |
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Collana |
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Linguistic approaches to literature, , 1569-3112 ; ; v. 15 |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - History and criticism |
Sympathy in literature |
Literature and morals |
Books and reading |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Sympathy and narrative : theoretical assumptions -- pt. 2. Literary critical and empirical case studies -- pt. 3. Sympathy in the classroom. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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By taking an interdisciplinary approach - with methods drawn from narratology, aesthetics, social psychology, education, and the empirical study of literature - The Art of Sympathy in Fiction will interest scholars in a variety of fields. Its focus is the sympathetic effects of stories, and the possible ways these feelings can contribute to what has been called the "moral imagination." Part I examines the dynamics of readers' beliefs regarding fictional characters and the influence of those impressions on the emotions that readers experience. The book then turns its attention to sympath |
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