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The art of sympathy in fiction [[electronic resource] ] : forms of ethical and emotional persuasion / / Howard Sklar



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Autore: Sklar Howard <1959-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The art of sympathy in fiction [[electronic resource] ] : forms of ethical and emotional persuasion / / Howard Sklar Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
Disciplina: 813.009/353
Soggetto topico: American fiction - History and criticism
Sympathy in literature
Literature and morals
Books and reading
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Sympathy and narrative : theoretical assumptions -- pt. 2. Literary critical and empirical case studies -- pt. 3. Sympathy in the classroom.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: The art of sympathy in fiction  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-299-24102-6
90-272-7220-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465644303321
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Serie: Linguistic Approaches to Literature