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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792232303321

Autore

Keen Suzanne

Titolo

Empathy and the novel [[electronic resource] /] / Suzanne Keen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-988414-5

0-19-974049-6

1-281-15897-6

1-4294-9193-0

0-19-534360-3

9786611158972

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Disciplina

808.301/9

Soggetti

Fiction - Psychological aspects

Empathy

Empathy in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Contemporary Perspectives on Empathy; 2. The Literary Career of Empathy; 3. Readers' Empathy; 4. Empathy in the Marketplace; 5. Authors' Empathy; 6. Contesting Empathy; Appendix: A Collection of Hypotheses about Narrative Empathy; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Acknowledgements  Preface  1. Contemporary Perspectives on Empathy  2. The Literary Career of Empathy  3. Readers' Empathy  4. Empathy in the Marketplace  5. Authors' Empathy  6. Contesting Empathy  Appendix: A Collection of Hypotheses about Narrative Empathy  Work Cited  Index