Author

Publication

2007 - Oxford University Press, New York, NY

Language

English

Word Count

60,500 words, Guess

Page Count

242 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing5180072
  • Goodreads717276

Classifications

  • LCCPN

Description

"Drawing on psychology, narrative theory, neuroscience, literary history, philosophy, and recent scholarship in discourse processing, Keen brings together resources and challenges for the literary study of empathy and the psychological study of fiction reading. Empathy robustly enters into affective responses to fiction, but its role in shaping the behavior of emotional readers has been debated for three centuries. Keen surveys these debates and illustrates the techniques that invite empathetic response. She argues that the perception of fictiveness increases the likelihood of readers' empathy in part by releasing them from their guarded responses necessitated by the demands of real others."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Empathy and the novelOxford University Press2007-01-01

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