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Empathy and the novel

Does reading novels evoking empathy with fictional characters really cultivate our sympathetic imagination and lead to altruistic actions on behalf of real others? This book presents a comprehensive account of the relationships among novel reading, empathy, and altruism
eBook, English, 2007
Oxford University Press, New York, 2007
1 online resource (xxix, 242 pages)
9780199851232, 9780199884148, 9780199740499, 9781281158970, 9781429491938, 9780195343601, 9786611158972, 0199851239, 0199884145, 0199740496, 1281158976, 1429491930, 0195343603, 6611158979
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Contemporary perspectives on empathy
The literary career of empathy
Readers' empathy
Empathy in the marketplace
Authors' empathy
Contesting empathy
Appendix : a collection of hypotheses about narrative empathy
English
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