Does empathy felt while reading fiction actually cultivate a sense of connection, leading to altruistic actions on behalf of real others? Empathy and the Novel presents a comprehensive account of the relationships among novel reading, empathy, and altruism. 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. INDICE: Contents; 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
- ISBN: 978-0-19-974049-9
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 276
- Fecha Publicación: 10/06/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés